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Fees for no service an old issue: AMP

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2018
... ongoing ASIC investigation since 2015. As part of the investigation, extensive details were disclosed to the regulator in October 2017, AMP said. Fees for no service include instances where AMP charged fees due to an administrative error and through ...

BlackRock restructures iShares ETFs

KANIKA SOOD, KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2018
... entire project to complete before the end of the year, resulting in every iShares product to be locally domiciled. In October, James Waterworth was announced as BlackRock as a vice president and iShares specialist. He first joined BlackRock in 2010 as ...

Chief economist update: Fed's on target, BOJ takes out target

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2018
... fiscal year 2019/20 but these factors include the effect of the planned increase in the consumption tax from 8% to 10% in October 2019. Excluding the hike, it expects prices to rise to 1.8%. This is good and achievable especially if the BOJ's latest ...

Nick Bolton back on ASIC radar

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2018
... am yet to hear the evidence and submissions on substantive issues." "If it should be the case that Sebastian has, since October 2015 and before the hearing of his application for review, behaved in a way that is contrary to s 206A, then he would have ...

Adviser regulation lacking a professional body, RC hears

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018
... Standards and Ethics Authority (FASEA) was introduced did the AFA begin considering its regulatory function, he said. In October 2017, the AFA added to the constitution its plans to move toward becoming a "code monitoring scheme." The subjects of yesterday's ...

Chief economist update: Prudence, patience and persistence

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018
... announced the reduction in asset purchases from €60 billion to €30 billion (starting in January this year) at its October 2017 meeting. It had a strong rationale for doing so. The increasing momentum in the region's economy practically begged it ...

Mainstream adds former Commonwealth Bank GM to board

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2018
... month that Link Fund Solutions chief Andy Harrison would move to the fund administrator as Australian chief executive in October. Harrison will be responsible for enhancing service delivery to existing clients, replacing Nick Happell who will become ...

ClearView terminates agreement after takeover bid expires

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2018
... Japanese life insurer's takeover bid expired, ClearView terminated the co-operation agreement between the two parties. In October 2016, Sony Life agreed with Crescent Capital Partners to acquire a 14.9% stake in Clearview at a price of $1.48 per share. ...

ANZ, NAB bottom lines take a hit

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2018
... offloaded OnePath pensions and investments and aligned dealer groups to IOOF, and the life insurance arm to Zurich in October and December 2017 respectively. It anticipates the banking Royal Commission will generate about $50 million of legal and miscellaneous ...

Government ramps up ASIC powers

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2018
... powers and penalties follow recommendations made by the ASIC Enforcement Review Taskforce. The Taskforce was established in October 2016 to fulfil the Government's commitment to review the adequacy of ASIC's enforcement regime in response to the Murray ...