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COVID-19 spurs proactive investing: Study

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2020
... Australians are the most anxious about the impact COVID-19 will have on their portfolios but are also among the most proactive investors, according to a global comparison. Calastone's survey of 1800 retail investors from Australia, UK, USA, Germany ...

ASIC, IOSCO report on debt capital raisings

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020
The corporate watchdog has released a report into its findings on debt capital raisings following two years of surveillance of market practices. ASIC's 668 Report noted that while a properly functioning debt capital market (DCM) is vital for the real ...

817 super complaints during COVID-19

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2020
The Australian Financial Complaints Authority has revealed the breakdown of what was complained about between 3 March 2020 and 31 August 2020. Superannuation complaints were dwarfed by other industries with just 817 of the 7420 total. Travel insurance ...

Westpac scraps SG direct debits

KARREN VERGARA, JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2020
... spokesperson said employers were given a minimum 30 days' notice to make the necessary changes and that the bank "has taken proactive steps to remind customers of the need to change their payment method within this time period." "Westpac regularly ...

IPO Wealth ordered to wind up

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2020
... and believes it will result in negative ramifications for unitholders. The embattled company said it had been taking proactive measures to generate a more favourable outcome for unitholders that could have avoided liquidation. Mayfair 101 managing director ...

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. ...

Millennials jump on COVID-19 volatility

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2020
... study showed that Australian millennials, who face a low interest rate environment and subdued economic growth, are very proactive. It found 81% had either invested since the start of the COVID-19 crisis or were considering doing so soon. Additionally ...

Advice group flees MLC after IOOF takeover

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2020
... all advisers under the MLC banner and that could create more uncertainty for clients," Haywood said. "We decided to be proactive some months ago and make sure we were ready in the event the licence may not fit." In a note to MLC employees, chief executive ...

Mayfair 101's vision for Mission Beach is sinking

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2020
The Bond family has threatened to foreclose on Mayfair 101's crown jewel - its much anticipated development of the Mission Beach region. In a release to the media, Mayfair 101 founder and managing director James Mawhinney insisted that the Mission Beach ...

Asset managers still bearish, but less so

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2020
... Surprisingly, these were not driven by poor pandemic performance, but rather, were a "continuation of pre-existing plans and proactive strategic or tactical responses to COVID-19 conditions". However, bfinance warned a "wave of reviews and replacements" ...