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Why has ASIC still not got a chief executive?

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2020
ASIC senior staff including James Shipton resisted moving to a stronger internal governance structure, its acting chair Karen Chester has told the ASIC expenses enquiry. Liberal senator James Patterson, who is chairing the enquiry into ASIC expenses ...

ASIC sounds the alarm on buy-now-pay-later

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2020
One in five users of buy-now-pay-later services are missing payments, as the industry almost doubles its lending, according to ASIC's latest review of the sector. The sector tallied up $43 million in revenue from missed payments in FY19, rising 38% ...

New super benchmarking flawed: Rice Warner

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2020
... penalise products (and trustees) which under-perform," the company said. "While the aim of raising overall performance is sound, the implementation is flawed and may lead to unintended consequences unless significant changes are made." Rice Warner said ...

Perpetual equities fund cops ratings downgrade

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2020
... wholesale vehicle has been running since September 1999 and has $519 million in total assets. Morningstar said it remains a "sound option" but is no longer one of its top picks.

Bendigo and Adelaide Bank overstates liquidity

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2020
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has imposed an independent review into Bendigo and Adelaide Bank's liquidity after it failed to comply with liquidity standards. Bendigo and Adelaide Bank informed APRA last month of breaches to ...

Fidelity launches global fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2020
... we are looking for the stars of tomorrow, today - attractively valued companies with strong competitive positioning and sound company management. "Our aim is to own a balance of stocks across these four segments which we believe can deliver more consistent ...

Responsible lending laws to be revoked

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2020
... however, authorised deposit taking institutions (ADI) will continue to comply with APRA's lending standards which comprise of a sound credit assessment and approval criteria. The government will adopt key elements of APRA's ADI lending standards and ...

APRA, ACCC sign new MoU

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2020
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority and the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission have signed an updated memorandum of understanding in a bid to increase information sharing, coordination, and cooperation between the two regulators. ...

Boutique launches Aussie equities fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2020
... 'quality' factors which we believe contribute to medium-to-long-term outperformance: superior industry position, a sound balance sheet, strong company management, earnings strength, income sustainability and growth, and low ESG risk," Nicol said. ...

The fundies of tomorrow

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2020
... those mistakes," he says. "The mentors aren't there to grade the work or analysis, they are there to say 'that's really sound' or help to correct a computational error rather than criticise them." Liu agrees and said it is important for students to make ...