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AFCA pivots to member experience

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2020
The Australian Financial Complains Authority (AFCA) is placing a higher emphasis on member experience following an increase in its membership base, two years on from its launch. In its first two years, AFCA's membership has grown to 40,000 members across ...

SG rise no real benefit to women: Review

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2020
... means their super balances at retirement need to go further and, while the gap will narrow in the years to come, it will not close so long as gaps remain in earnings and workforce participation, the report states. But not everyone agrees. The Australian ...

Homeowners given preferential treatment: RIR

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2020
... to lower-wealth households," it said. "About 20% of Age Pension expenditure goes to the top two wealth quintiles, while close to 90% of Commonwealth Rent Assistance expenditure goes to the bottom wealth quintile." The report noted that homeowners and ...

Implemented Portfolios adds to board

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2020
Individually managed account operator Implemented Portfolios has welcomed a non-executive director to the board who recently founded an investment consulting firm. Steve Garth, principal of Principia Investment Consultants and former Dimensional Fund ...

Zurich adds to leadership team

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2020
... Allianz Retire+ executive Jacqui Lennon will join the insurer in the New Year as head of customer and digital. She brings close to 20 years' experience in financial services, having also previously held roles with Iress, Macquarie, APRA and AMP. ...

ASX runs into trouble again

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2020
After Monday's outage, the ASX was in trouble again yesterday as its Centre Point matching system closed off participants from using Chi-X bids and offers. The Centre Point is an anonymous matching system that matches buyers and sellers at the mid-point ...

COVID-19 to remain dominant in 2021

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2020
The end of 2020 is not likely to see the end of COVID-19, particularly when it comes to the impact it has on global markets. J.P. Morgan Asset Management (JPMAM) explored the trends that will impact portfolios in its annual Long-Term Capital Market ...

Centuria makes $171m acquisition

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2020
... operators." The issue price of $3.06 per unit for the placement to help fund the purchase represents a 2.9% discount to the last close price. The new units issued under the placement will rank equally with existing CIP units form the date of issues. ...

Chief economist update: A vaccine and a better vaccine

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2020
"Voices singing, let's be jolly Deck the halls with boughs of holly Rockin' around the Christmas tree Have a happy holiday Everyone dancin' merrily..." - Brenda Lee It's not even December yet but Wall Street's already "Rockin' ...

AMP Capital shutters Aussie equities fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2020
AMP Capital has decided to close its 19-year old sustainable share fund, after its portfolio managers Genevieve Murray and Emily Woodland announced their resignations in August. In a notice sent to investors on Friday, AMP Capital attributed the closure ...