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RBA crushes hopes of Libra launch

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2020
... system". Interestingly, the RBA revealed that it had been considering a central bank digital currency (CBDC), a digital version of the Australian dollar, which would be a liability of the central bank rather than a commercial bank. The electronic currency ...

Janus Henderson shuts down Aussie fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2020
Janus Henderson Investors has shut down the $159 million Australian version of its global emerging market equities fund, returning capital to investors. The Australian fund was officially terminated on October 31 and the windup concluded a month after. ...

First Sentier hires AMP Capital portfolio manager

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2020
First Sentier has added an AMP Capital portfolio manager to its multi-asset team as an existing senior portfolio manager moves to the co-head role. Heath Palos joined First Sentier's multi-asset solutions team on Monday. In his most recent role ...

JANA dragged into Rest legal stoush

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 7 JAN 2020
JANA Investment Advisers may be forced to hand over key documents as part of Rest's ongoing legal battle with member Mark McVeigh. Final discovery orders were consented to by both Rest and McVeigh in late December last year. Documents created by ...

APRA releases MySuper heat map

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2019
... are languishing in dud funds outside of the MySuper space." The AIST chief also called for a more "consumer-friendly" version of the tool to ensure members were able to make an informed decision based on the heat map's data.

Super fund PDSs to include single cost of product figure

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2019
... disclosure, with a suite of new requirements set to apply from late-2020. The corporate regulator released an updated version of Regulatory Guide 97 Disclosing Fees and Costs in PDSs and Periodic Statements (RG97) on Friday, which simplifies how fees ...

How personality tests add value in advice

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2019
... calendar. We can hold you accountable." Scifo and Goldberg's particular breed of personality testing is a customised version of the objective personality typing system developed by a couple in the US. Scifo is confident of the potential of this kind ...

FASEA attempting to re-write law: AFA

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2019
... commissions and asset-based fees now in doubt, 57% of financial adviser practice income is at risk, as a result of this version of the code of ethics." The only positive thing Anderson had to say about the code was that the media release accompanying ...

ASIC calls out accountants

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 NOV 2019
... "While we do not consider that there is any justifications for re-instating the old accountants' exemption (or a modified version of it), we do acknowledge that there are aspects of the accountants' limited AFS regime (which was introduced when the exemption ...

AMP contests senior lawyer's claims

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 29 OCT 2019
... disclosures by Cook were raised as a part of her duties and not in accordance with AMP's whistleblowing policy. AMP's version of events is that then national manager, advice governance Claudia Firmansjah became aware of documents that suggested ...