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Former adviser jailed, ASIC posts FY18 stats

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2018
... The Carter Group (now in external administration). He was an authorised representative of PIS between September 2010 and October 2011. ASIC alleged that Birk withdrew cheques from a client's superannuation account without authorisation and deceived ...

NAB signals more bad advice remediation

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2018
... the group. "The potential outcome and total costs associated with this investigation remain uncertain," it said. On 12 October 2018, ASIC announced it will expand its activities to include an industry-wide review of compliance with requirements for fee ...

FSC appoints UBS, Mercer heads

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2018
... Ben Walsh and UBS Asset Management Australia chief executive Bryce Doherty were elected at the annual general meeting on October 29. They replace outgoing directors ANZ deputy chief executive Alexis George and MLC Super chief executive Matthew Lawrence. ...

ANZ wealth flows decline

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2018
... million on the prior year. ANZ completed the sale of its aligned dealer groups and transferred legal ownership to IOOF on 1 October 2018. One year prior, it announced it divested OnePath's pension and investments, and four aligned dealer groups to ...

AustralianSuper awards $500m mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2018
... stage the global economy remains strong, and we see the benefits outweighing the risks," Barker said in the fund's October investment update. AustralianSuper had about 7% of its $140 billion pool of members assets invested in Australian fixed interest ...

Chief economist update: Eurozone growth slowing fast

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2018
... activity in the region was off to a weak start in the fourth quarter. The heading of Markit Economics' PMI report for October speaks for itself: "Business growth slowest for over two years, optimism hits four-year low" And its key findings make for ...

An insight into AFCA workload

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2018
... skills to do that work," Davis said in an online update. She reiterated that complaints lodged with SCT on or before 31 October 2018 will not be transferred to AFCA, "and complaints cannot be withdrawn and then relodged with AFCA." The tribunal will ...

Super funds react to market sell off

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2018
... among the superannuation funds reassuring members as the S&P/ASX 200 slid close to its lowest in a year last Thursday. On October 25, The S&P/ASX 200 closed more than 6% lower than at the start of the year, on the back of a slump in US equities, rising ...

Chief economist update: Shopaholics drive US growth

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2018
... remains at its strongest level since the year 2000 despite its recent slip from 99 in September to a reading of 98.6 in October. This, along with the strength of the labour market - the unemployment rate stood at a 49-year low of 3.7% in September - ...

Social media reacts to SIBOS

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2018
... instant payments across 40 countries and 6 continents who would say otherwise. #Sibos - Marcus Treacher (@marcus_treacher) October 22, 2018 Ripple global head of strategic accounts Marcus Treacher said distributed ledger technologies had already enabled ...