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ASIC bans former Charter, NAB adviser

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JAN 2020
... Register. "The FPA has already taken disciplinary action, Mr David Allen O'Brien's membership of the FPA was terminated on 20 December 2019," an FPA spokesperson said. He has the right to appeal to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal for a review of ...

UK pension fund expands offering, climate risk policy

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 7 JAN 2020
... its Climate Aware Fund tool to increase investments in companies seeking to adhere to the Paris Accord target. Also in December, Nest signed on to the Climate Action 100+. "The least ambitious end of the Paris Agreement was set at 2C - this will still ...

Investment firm adds portfolio manager

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 7 JAN 2020
... superannuation fund has joined a Melbourne-based multi-asset investment manager. Alex Cathcart joined Drummond Capital Partners in December, taking the role of portfolio manager. Drummond Capital Partners is a global multi-asset investment manager and ...

MLC Life Insurance under review

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 7 JAN 2020
... brings in around $1.9 billion in insurance premiums each year, with around $5.8 billion in total gross assets, as of 31 December 2018. In May, Financial Standard reported NAB and Nippon Life were having trouble seeing eye to eye on whether MLC should ...

JANA dragged into Rest legal stoush

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 7 JAN 2020
... 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 the investment committee or general manager of investments that evidence consideration of ...

Chief economist update: Missing the burning forests for the surplus tree

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 JAN 2020
... trees in their quest to get the bragging rights to a budget surplus. This is underscored by Frydenberg's tweet on 16 December 2019: "Our responsible & considered economic plan will see the Budget return to surplus for the 1st time in 12 yrs." "Getting ...

YBR exits wealth, sells for $2.5 million

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 6 JAN 2020
... Sequoia Group). Rainmaker analysis of the ASIC Financial Adviser Register shows that YBR had 58 advisers in the middle of December and that number has not yet changed following the announcement of the sale on December 27. Each adviser will have to enter ...

Rising tensions to weigh on markets: Moody's

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 6 JAN 2020
... risks have markedly increased in the past few days. The credit implications of a military conflict, as we noted in 3 December research, would depend on its duration, scope and the severity of damage to critical infrastructure - factors that would remain ...

Westpac served class action

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 DEC 2019
... McDonald. The claim relates to market disclosure issues connected to Westpac's monitoring of financial crime between 16 December 2013 and 19 November 2019. The claim does not identify the amount of any damages sought, Westpac said. The bank will ...

Chief economist update: Oil's well that ends 2019 well

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 DEC 2019
... rallied by 29.2%. To be sure, new production cuts that will take effect on 1 January 2020 helped support crude prices. On December 6, the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, Russia and other oil-producing nations - termed "OPEC+"" -- agreed ...