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YouTube fundie called out by FCA

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2019
The UK's Financial Conduct Authority has criticised Neil Woodford who famously issued a tearful YouTube apology to investors whose money was frozen in one of his funds. Woodford Investment Management suspended trading in its Woodford Equity Income Fund ...

NEOS grows sales teams

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2019
NEOS Life has established its footprint in the South Australian market with two new hires. Andrew Bridgland joined NEOS in July as a business development manager, representing South Australia and Northern Territory. He was most recently at Asteron ...

Reform implementation timeframe too short: AustralianSuper

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2019
The Government's move to require superannuation trustees to stop providing opt-out insurance to new members under-25 or with low balance accounts by October 1 has riled Australia's largest fund. Airing the fund's position on the Government's ...

OnePath receives first Life Code sanction

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2019
OnePath is the subject of the first sanction to be issued by the Life Code Compliance Committee for failure to stop selling a non-compliant product and remediate customers by an agreed deadline. In July 2017 OnePath self-reported its ANZ Loan Protection ...

BT Panorama boosts functionality

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2019
BT Panorama has exceeded $20 billion in funds under administration and boosted platform functionality. In July 2018, BT introduced simple open platform pricing for BT Panorama and since then the platform has enjoyed 78% growth, BT Financial Group said. ...

Grattan Institute chief retires

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2019
Grattan Institute chief executive John Daley announced his retirement from the think-tank after a decade in the role. Daley will be stepping down from his position when his contract finishes in July 2020. Chair of Grattan Institute Alex Chernov said ...

JP Morgan-linked ship in US $1bn drug bust

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2019
A large container ship being linked to J.P. Morgan Asset Management has been the subject of a US $1 billion cocaine bust in the United States. The ship, MSC Gayane, is owned by a fund run by JP Morgan's asset management unit, according to CNN Business. ...

Politicians dishonest about fraud: VOFF

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2019
Victims of Financial Fraud (VOFF) hit out at the Labor Party's treatment of the Trio fraud, claiming Australian politicians are "dishonest" when it comes to handling fraud conduct. In an open letter to Labor's newly minted Shadow Assistant Treasurer ...

Super fund launches new options

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2019
A $1.5 billion superannuation fund has introduced new ethical options for its 27,000 members. Christian Super, which is a founding signatory to the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment, has launched two new options: Ethical Growth Plus ...

Government reduces deeming rates

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2019
The Federal Government has announced changes to deeming rates, a move welcomed by over 600,000 age pensioners. The Department of Human Services (DHS) will backdate deeming rates from 1 July 2019. The lower deemed rate will drop from 1.75% to 1%, while ...