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ASIC bans former risk adviser

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2023
... into his personal bank account or Assurance Corp's business account to IAA and misused client funds. Following its assessment, ASIC stated that Durant's misconduct was a result of poor judgement rather than an act of dishonesty. However, a banning ...

Bullock keeps cash rate at 4.10%

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 OCT 2023
... inflation returns to target in a reasonable timeframe, but that will continue to depend upon the data and the evolving assessment of risks," she said. This is off the back of disappointing inflation data which rose to 5.2% in August from 4.9% in July. ...

MLC Life unveils retail discounts

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 22 SEP 2023
... Income Assure+ by raising it for customers with higher incomes. Income Assure+ was updated to use an "own occupation" assessment for clients with a five-year benefit period for the duration of the claim. The upgrades are in addition to other Income Assure+ ...

No bubble risk in Sydney housing market: UBS

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 21 SEP 2023
... and rents, and imbalances in the real economy, such as excessive lending and construction activity. Under the same assessment, just two cities are in the bubble risk category, being Zurich at 1.71, followed by Tokyo at 1.65. Cities considered overvalued ...

Boards must crack down on cybersecurity: ASIC

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 19 SEP 2023
The regulator has warned it will take action against boards and directors that neglect cybersecurity risks, saying to do so could result in non-compliance with regulatory obligations. ASIC chair Joe Longo said cybersecurity and resilience are not merely ...

ECB raises rates to record high of 4%

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 15 SEP 2023
... Now it expects the Euro area economy to expand by 0.7% in 2023, 1.0% in 2024, and 1.5% in 2025. "Based on its current assessment, the governing council considers that the key ECB interest rates have reached levels that, maintained for a sufficiently ...

HESTA welcomes head of portfolio design

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 12 SEP 2023
... activities across investment teams to achieve objectives, actively allocate risk budgets, and drive ongoing evaluation and assessment of investment strategies to drive performance for our members will be invaluable," Sawtell-Rickson said. Meanwhile ...

Causeway PM, H&G form joint venture

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 11 SEP 2023
... broadening private debt asset class. "Hancock and Gore's deep equity investment expertise complements Causeway's credit assessment and debt management skills that we believe investors will value as exposures to the private debt asset class accelerate," ...

Investing in research generates threefold economic output

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2023
... investing in research and development, to other qualitative societal impacts. "It's pleasing to see the recent impact assessment of ARC funded research measure more than just the direct economic or monetary benefits. When analysing the cost and benefits ...

APRA finds signs of step change in remuneration practices

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2023
APRA has found early signs of change in the remuneration practices of financial services entities in a review of how Prudential Standard CPS 511 has been applied. In a letter to all APRA-regulated entities, the regulator said it was pleased with the ...