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Super fund execs accused of quasi-insider trading

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2020
Liberal MP Tim Wilson has accused executives at super funds of switching options during recent market volatility, in behaviour he likened to insider trading. During questioning of ASIC and APRA at the Standing Committee on Economics, Wilson suggested ...

Gender doesn't influence company returns: Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2020
Analysis of ASX 300 companies since 2005 has shown a 33.1% rise in women filling non-executive director (NED) roles has had no influence on company returns. The Ownership Matters (OM) study examined the total shareholder return for each company, during ...

ASIC chair steps aside pending pay review

JAMIE WILLIAMSON, KANIKA SOOD, ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2020
ASIC chair James Shipton has stepped aside pending the outcome of a review into his remuneration arrangements. Tabling the 2019/20 ASIC annual report today and addressing the Senate Estimates committee, Shipton flagged certain relocation expenses incurred ...

Legacy AMP Life policyholders take premium hit

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2020
Some retail AMP Life customers received a steep premium increase on their income protection policies recently. Customers in a legacy product from the life insurer were notified by letter or email that following a review of premiums, they would be paying ...

Super advice firm buys robo-adviser

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2020
Digital superannuation advice provider SuperEd has acquired robo-advice provider Clover. SuperEd provides a number of services such as intra-fund advice for superannuation members and Retirement Essentials which assists Australians applying for the ...

Robo-advice a complement, not disruptor: Six Park

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2020
The advice industry is faced with increasing demand for affordable and accessible financial advice and implementing digital solutions to segment clients could be the answer, according to a new whitepaper. Digital advice provider Six Park's latest whitepaper ...

Chief economist update: The UK's new plan... after two plans

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2020
Multiplying rates of coronavirus infections forced the UK government to impose strict lockdown measures, giving "bobbies" power to fine people leaving their homes for "non-essential" reasons on March 23. These restrictions were then gradually eased ...

Chief economist update: Good or bad news is good Wall Street news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2020
It may have gone up and down and round and round but the US equity market has trended higher and higher and is outperforming its peers. Despite topping the list of total cases of coronavirus infections (8.6 million), new cases (0.6 million) and deaths ...

Chief economist update: Japan's second wave

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2020
It's been just over a month when Yoshihide Suga took over from Shinzo Abe - who resigned for health reasons -- as Japan's prime minister. It wasn't a great time for a handover given the significantly weakened state of the global and domestic ...

Sam Henderson sentenced

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2020
Sam Henderson has been sentenced in the local court after pleading guilty to three charges of dishonest conduct. Henderson was fined a total of $10,000 and released without any jail time on the condition of good behaviour for two years. The former celebrity ...