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Advice group flees MLC after IOOF takeover

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2020
... group that sparked the shift but also the uncertainty of financial advisers after the Royal Commission and as a small business owner HFM & Partners needs certainty with their clients' portfolios. "We need to do what is in the best interests of our ...

ASIC names operations, risk leads

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020
The corporate regulator has made two senior appointments to lead its operations and risk management units. ASIC promoted long-serving employee Warren Day to the newly-created role of chief operating officer after serving as the executive director of ...

Xero acquires business lender

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2020
... shares in Xero and 50% cash. The acquisition aligns with Xero's strategy to grow the platform to better address small business financial needs, it said. "The acquisition of Waddle is an important step in our strategy to help small businesses better manage ...

ANZ posts profit, announces dividend

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2020
... provision charge of $236 million as we strengthened credit reserves, in particular for deferral packages and out small business customers," ANZ said. Elliott said he is hopeful many of those who have asked for deferrals will get back on their feet in ...

Impact investing seeks to address racial inequality

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2020
A new initiative in the US, with $4 million in backing from J.P. Morgan Chase, has seen a small business lender and an impact investor come together to address racial inequality. CDC Small Business Finance and Capital Impact Partners, which describes ...

Chief economist update: Good US employment news is not so good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2020
... professional and business services, other services, and health care." This is backed up by the improvement in both big and small business activity and optimism. The Institute for Supply Management (ISM) manufacturing and non-manufacturing indices continued ...

Chief economist update: Could COVID-19 dissenters be correct?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2020
"I see dead people." - The Sixth Sense Coronavirus conspiracy theorists and/or "sovereigns"-- those who refuse to obey government advice and/or restrictions for one reason/cause/principle or another - are getting a bad rap lately. Correction, they've ...

Advisers file class action against AMP

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2020
... actions are funded. It was then expected to be filed in February but was delayed again. It comes as the Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman refers numerous BOLR-related cases for mediation on the back of more than 100 complaints ...

Ombudsman demands changes for small business insolvencies

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2020
The Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman Kate Carnell is calling for a number of measures to be put in place to protect small businesses from a 'tsunami' of insolvencies. In the latest Insolvency Practices Inquiry report ...

Stimulus stutters amid record unemployment

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2020
... worth $2 billion and likely to run until March 2021. While JobTrainer was welcomed by state governments and the small business ombudsman, many others called for an extension to JobKeeper as priority in light of the increased unemployment numbers. J.P. ...