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ANZ cleared of $50m fee bungle

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2019
ASIC has cleared ANZ of the $50 million fee-for-no-service misconduct connected to its Prime Access offering. The corporate regulator said it is satisfied by the audited attestation it received from ANZ, signed by managing director private banking and ...

Chief economist update: Another rate cut on the cards

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2019
What do we want! More rate cuts! The depreciation in the A$/US$ exchange rate to as low as US$0.6902 immediately after the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) - from US$0.6949 a day earlier - released its 'Labour Force' report for May ...

AMP Super, board slapped with licence conditions

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2019
APRA announced this morning it is taking action on AMP's superannuation business and board, concerned they breached several areas of superannuation law. AMP Superannuation and N.M. Superannuation Proprietary, collectively known as AMP Super, were ...

Tribeca's Fenton to set up shop at Channel

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2019
The former co-portfolio manager of the $978 million Tribeca Alpha Plus Fund is getting ready to start a new long/short investment firm with the Sydney-based multi-boutique. Sean Fenton and three others are expected to launch a new equities boutique ...

Chief economist update: Australian bull market here we come

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2019
Just a weetle more, a weetle more... a little more push higher and sooner than soon, the All Ordinaries index would satisfy the technical definition of a bull market - a 20% rally from its nearest low - and onwards towards topping its record high of ...

International firm acquires advice group

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2019
A national financial advice group with more than 120 advisers on its books is to be acquired by a major Canadian wealth manager. Patersons Securities is being purchased by Canaccord Genuity via its Australian operations, Canaccord Financial Group. As ...

Blue Sky dissolves chief executive role

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2019
Blue Sky is bidding farewell to its chief executive, after a strategic assessment determined the role "is no longer required". Joel Cann left the organisation effective Friday, less than two months after he joined the company. Cann joined from property ...

University to probe reverse mortgages

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2019
The University of New South Wales' business school is starting a two-year research project on reverse mortgages to find why their uptake has been slow in Australia. Reverse mortgages allow retirees to borrow money against their homes to supplement ...

Chief economist update: BOE going the wrong way?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2019
Mexico (and the world) is breathing a sigh of relief after Trump's tweet "indefinitely" suspending his tariff threat against America's southern neighbour. But POTUS being Trump, he's exploited this "win" to issue fresh tariff threats versus ...

Industry fund appoints advice GM

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2019
An $8.6 billion industry fund has appointed a general manager, distribution and advice as a part of key internal appointments under its new chief executive. Statewide Super said its new chief executive Tony D'Alessandro, appointed on March 1, has ...