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817 super complaints during COVID-19

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2020
... with just 817 of the 7420 total. Travel insurance complaints made up the bulk, with 2610. There were 910 complaints about credit cards and 674 about home loans. Personal loans and business loans prompted 398 and 172 complaints respectively. By issue ...

Chief economist update: RBA negative on negative interest rate policy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2020
... most countries do impair the profitability and efficiency of the financial system and ultimately its ability to provide credit to the real economy, which is really important... They would also create distortions in our financial system, because deposit ...

Westpac scraps SG direct debits

KARREN VERGARA, JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2020
As Westpac pulls the plug on QuickSuper, a direct debit superannuation payment option for employers, there are fears the lack of automation could potentially worsen the unpaid super problem. On September 4, employers paying superannuation guarantee ...

Geoff Wilson feels sorry for CLF shareholders

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2020
WAM chair Geoff Wilson has said he feels sorry for CLF shareholders after Concentrated Leaders Fund has rejected a takeover bid proposed by WAM Capital. WAM chair Geoff Wilson told Financial Standard : "I actually feel sorry for CLF shareholders as ...

Watermark sheds market neutral fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2020
... lifeline and got the responsible to reverse its decision to wind up the Dalton Funds. Dalton was set up in 2016 by former Credit Suisse heads Alan Sheen, and Nick Selvaratnam, who left the business in 2018. Alan Sheen also recently left the business ...

Real opportunity for super funds in private assets: Schroders

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2020
... private debt that can offer great returns." Smith said one of the key things to focus on is ensuring that the borrower has credit worthiness to make sure there will be a return of the principle and interest. "The security is there as a backstop in case ...

Advice too expensive, hard to access: FPA

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2020
... population of Australia," he said. "What do we do for the other millions of people who want to talk about everything from their credit cards, to investing a hundred dollars, to talking about [whether they should] put a thousand dollars in super or [towards ...

Chief economist update: Prime Minister Suga

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2020
Japan has a new prime minister. Yoshihide Suga is his name. Suga will officially be Prime Minister following a parliamentary vote on September 16 after being elected President of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) two days earlier. Prime Minister ...

Citi names global chief executive

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2020
... last year, she has led global consumer banking, overseeing 19 countries, including retail banking and wealth management, credit cards, mortgages and the associated operations and technology. "I am honored by the board's decision and grateful to Mike ...

The fundies of tomorrow

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2020
... mentors. Some of the students have gone on to work or intern for firms including Antipodes, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Credit Suisse, Nomura and Aberdeen Standard Investments. In addition, just like the rest of the world, COVID19 has presented challenges ...