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Economic recap: Week to July 9

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2021
At its July 6 meeting, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) kept the cash rate unchanged at 0.1% and retained the April 2024 bond as "the bond for the yield target" - against speculation that it would roll this over to the November 2024 bond. At the ...

Hostplus deal doesn't rule out a merger: Maritime

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUL 2021
Appearing before a parliamentary committee, Maritime Super provided some clarity into its partnership with Hostplus. In his appearance at the House of Representatives Standing Committee on E conomics yesterday Maritime Super chief executive Peter Robertson ...

Dixon Advisory to pay $8.2m to settle ASIC action

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUL 2021
ASIC will drop its September 4 Federal Court case against Evans & Dixon's financial advice arm for $8.2 million and declaration of 53 contraventions. Dixon Advisory and Superannuation Services (DASS) will pay $7.2 million in penalty and $1 million ...

VanEck opens Perth office

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUL 2021
The ETF issuer has opened a Perth office, and added four to its team. VanEck Australia is staffing its Perth office with Danica Warren as a business development manager, who joins from FIIG Securities. It has also added three business development associates ...

FASEA scraps three-month rule

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUL 2021
The Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority is introducing a relief that will allow financial advisers to sit the November examination regardless of their last sitting. FASEA is proposing to relax the three-month registration requirement in ...

Significant drop in charitable giving

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUL 2021
According to the inaugural JBWere NAB Charitable Giving Index, Australians are giving less - possibly due to the pandemic. The dramatic fall in giving led to an overall decrease in donations by 16% in the six months to December 2020, taking giving back ...

MySuper performance soars

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUL 2021
MySuper options have delivered the best annual financial returns in over three decades, new research shows. The latest data from Rainmaker Information's Default MySuper Index recorded 2020/21 financial year returns of an average of 18%, after all fees ...

Fund managers failing value assessments: FCA

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUL 2021
Active fund managers are falling short of delivering value to investors and justifying their fees, a review from the UK's financial services regulator reveals. A review of 18 fund managers between July 2020 and May 2021 by the Financial Conduct ...

AFA slams new SOA measures

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUL 2021
The Association of Financial Advisers has hit back at ASIC and APRA for causing "confusion" and "interfering" with financial advice as they look to introduce new changes to Statements of Advice. The association points to the regulators' joint letter ...

FYG expands network

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUL 2021
Tasmania-based FYG Planners has added a Victorian financial advice firm to its stable. Based in Chadstone, Prosperity Planners now operates under licensee FYG. Christopher Bailey, co-founder and financial planner, set up Prosperity in May and prior ...