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Life insurers breach own code consistently

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2020
... Blackburn has called out the life insurance industry, saying insurers breached their Code of Practice hundreds of times in just six months. The Life Code Compliance Committee (LCCC) conducted an investigation and found many insurers breached their commitment ...

Major firms criticised for substandard RI approach

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2020
... approach to responsible investment. The list of asset managers with "particularly poor ESG performance" include the world's six largest managers, BlackRock, Vanguard, State Street Global Advisors, Fidelity Investments, Capital Group, and J.P. Morgan ...

Latest data reveals super admin problem

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2020
... the 2220 complaints received about the superannuation sector, 49.7% of those were to do with account administration for the six months to 31 December 2019. Group life insurance was the second largest issue, making up 37.6% of complaints, followed by ...

BT's transition not so super

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2020
... provide the number of complaints stemming from the transition. AFCA's next lot of statistics is out tomorrow and covers the six months to December, 2019. ASIC, whom one source said they had complained to, said it could not comment on any complaints ...

Chief economist update: A crisis of supply, demand and confidence

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2020
... extended to "necessities" - canned goods, frozen dinners, pasta, rice, sugar, etc. - families are hoarding to survive three to six months of the apocalypse. I even came across a news item saying that some stores were reporting panic-buying in booze - ...

Chief economist update: Australia's gentle turning point to turn

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2020
... consecutive quarters of deceleration that took annual GDP growth down to 1.6% in the June 2019 quarter - the slowest pace in six years. The 0.4% increase in household consumption in the December quarter - driven by a "2.1% rise in clothing and footwear ...

Northern Trust climbs custody league tables

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2020
... industry statistics show Northern Trust recorded a 28.4% increase in total assets under custody for Australian investors in the six months ending 31 December 2019, securing third spot overall. The sector saw the value of assets under custody increase ...

Aussie at center of international scheme

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2020
... Smith, said: "MOBE falsely promised consumers that it could teach them how to start a successful online business and earn six-figure incomes working from home, and consumers lost millions of dollars as a result." "With this action, we've put an end to ...

Hollywood actor charged by SEC

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2020
... B2G released its own which included a quote from Seagal saying he "wholeheartedly" endorsed the ICO. "These promotions came six months after the SEC's 2017 DAO Report warning that coins sold in ICOs may be securities," the SEC said. "The SEC has ...

ETF popularity soars 52%

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2020
... sustainability-focused products were not as successful in capturing investor interest as their active counterparts. "After UBS launched six region-focused ethical ETFs in 2015, only nine new products have been launched since, and they've only accumulated ...