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ASIC winds up Mayfair 101 debenture issuer

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2021
ASIC has succeeded in winding up the issuer of Mayfair 101's debenture products, with the Federal Court ordering M101 Nominees to wind up. The is the first outcome arising from ASIC's ongoing actions against Mayfair 101 Group and its director James ...

Does financial services have a problem with women?

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2021
... have happened." Comments, like those mentioned in the IOOF case, that imply women who are assertive are nagging or aggressive are a huge part of the problem, Beck says. "The moral of the story is that if you are having a conversation with a colleague ...

Chief economist update: China on my mind

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2021
... 50.1% after dropping to an eight-year low on 23 March 2020 (a 32.9% loss from the start of 2020) buoyed by swift and aggressive monetary and fiscal policy responses. The All Ordinaries index is up 1.5% so far this year and is expected to end the vaccine ...

Chief economist update: The virus, the vaccine, the variant

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 JAN 2021
... incomes as the global freeze wreaked havoc on our investment portfolios. Fiscal and monetary authorities prompt and aggressive counter-cycle responses saw us through the year - mitigating impact on businesses and employment - that, at the same time ...

Chief economist update: No pandemic on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 JAN 2021
... vaccine optimism and the end of President Donald Trump's term in office. But underlying all these are America's aggressive fiscal and monetary responses. The CARES Act, direct payments to households, extended unemployment benefits, the Paycheck ...

Legacy AMP Life policyholders take premium hit

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2020
... due to risks and challenges hampering profitability. The regulator said these included the poor product design and aggressive selling methods highlighted during the Royal Commission. "Our lifetime protection products, a small percentage of our income ...

Sam Henderson sentenced

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2020
... off. When that client complained to the Financial Planning Association of Australia, Henderson allegedly called her "aggressive" and "nit-picking". Commissioner Kenneth Hayne did not accept Henderson's defence that the advice he provided to that ...

AMP, former employee settle

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2020
... disputed her use of them. Cook claimed that from September 2017 she was exposed to persistently and increasingly hostile, aggressive and intimidating behavior by certain colleagues and superiors within the group. In particular, she named Salter, Regan ...

Mawhinney lashes out at regulator

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2020
... "taking steps to protect their own interests". "This could have been avoided by taking a more consultative and less aggressive approach. All that matters now is that we deliver a positive outcome for our investors," Mawhinney said. Mawhinney said Mayfair ...

AMP tops worst-performing super funds list

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2020
... (6.2% p.a.), IOOF's MultiMix Moderate (5.7% p.a.) and Public Sector Super's Income Focused (5.7% p.a.). In the aggressive growth funds category, which invest in at least 80% of growth assets like shares and property, AMP Capital's Premium ...