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Franklin Templeton veteran readies two funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2020
A global equities boutique launched by a Franklin Templeton veteran is getting ready to pitch two new Aussie-domiciled funds to private wealth firms and wholesale clients down under. Bahamas-based Holowesko Partners is aiming to launch in the next two ...

Chief economist update: Aussie Black Friday spend will end Saturday

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2020
With the bushfire inferno still raging, Australia needs all the good news it could get... and it's arrived. The All Ordinaries index surged by 0.7% to a new record high of 7041.9 points and the Australian dollar appreciated by 0.6% to US$0.6901 ...

ASIC bans former Charter, NAB adviser

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JAN 2020
A financial adviser who worked for AMP's Charter Financial Planning and NAB's GWM Adviser Services has been handed a four-year ban after the regulator reviewed a sample of his client files. David O'Brien failed to consider his clients' ...

Consumer data right for open banking delayed

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2019
The ACCC has delayed the launch of consumer data right (CDR) for the banking sector to July 2020, postponing key components of the reform that would have allowed the kick-off of open banking in Australia by February next year. Consumers will now be ...

What you read in 2019: Superannuation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2019
The past year has served as the beginning of the superannuation industry's transformation. Yes, recent years have seen nothing but reform after reform, but 2019 has been something different entirely. The Productivity Commission and Royal Commission ...

Westpac to pay $9.5m for Corps Act breaches

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2019
Westpac has been ordered by the Federal Court of Australia to pay $9.15 million over poor financial advice provided by just one former adviser. The court case relates to poor financial advice provided by Sudhir Sinha which breached the best interest ...

TAL loses group insurance mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2019
After 13 years, a $22 billion corporate superannuation fund is set to cut ties with TAL. From 1 July 2020, MLC Life will take over as group insurer for TelstraSuper. The fund said the decision to change insurers follows a comprehensive review of its ...

Pay jockeys super: Federal Court

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2019
The Full Federal Court has ruled that horse racing clubs and state racing boards are required to pay superannuation for jockeys. The court upheld the Australian Tax Office's super guarantee charge assessments in regards to riding fees paid to jockeys ...

Chief economist update: Stock rally heralds 2020 cheer

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2019
The stock market is considered a forward-looking mechanism. That is, stock prices peak ahead of a reversal in economic growth. They start ascending before the economy starts to expand. If so, the rally in most equity markets around the world we've ...

APRA joins in on Westpac scrutiny

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 17 DEC 2019
APRA has launched a formal investigation into Westpac for possible breaches of the Banking Act. The prudential regulator said the investigation will focus on the conduct that led to AUSTRAC launching its criminal charges against the bank over an alleged ...