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AAT dismisses adviser ban appeal

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2021
... banned from the industry in 2017 after an ASIC investigation found that he funneled clients' advice fees into his personal bank account and then deducted platform and financial product fees to repay RI Advice. The Administrative Appeals Tribunal ...

Chief economist update: The (dot) plot thickens

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2021
... near us... and soon. The plot of the dots reveals that there are now more Federal Reserve Board members and Federal Reserve Bank presidents thinking that there would be a rate rise next year increased to seven at the June meeting (from four three months ...

Calls for Royal Commission into housing

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2021
... Cabinet structure. Crucial in the paper's recommendations is that there should be a national housing strategy and the Reserve Bank of Australia should have formal accountability on maintaining a more stable and well-functioning housing market.

Goodments by Douugh now in Australia

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2021
US-based investing app Goodments by Douugh is now available in Australia, offering brokerage-free access to US stocks and ETFs. Goodments was founded in 2017 by former ANZ financial adviser Tom Culver and then-Leo Burnett advertising executive Emily ...

Chief economist update: How do you solve a problem like Australia's housing?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2021
... house prices - with all the multiplier effect that goes with it - could also get the general economy undone. If the Reserve Bank of Australia and APRA huff and puff, they could blow the house down and the economy with it.

JANA hires from Mercer

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUN 2021
... previously a senior investment analyst at ClearView Retirement Solutions and worked in financial planning at Commonwealth Bank. Maher will work closely with fellow co-head of not-for-profit Michael Karagianis who was appointed to the position in December ...

L1 Capital launches activist fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUN 2021
L1 Capital is launching a new Australian equities fund that seeks to unlock company value via shareholder activism. The Catalyst Fund, which launches on July 1, will be led by James Hawkins, who joined L1 Capital as a partner in March. The high-conviction ...

Super leaders recognised

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUN 2021
Leaders in the financial services industry have been recognised in the Queen's Birthday 2021 Honours list, with a number from the superannuation sector represented. This year saw 1190 Australians recognised in the Queen's Birthday honours and ...

Chief economist update: Anchoring the recovery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUN 2021
... single-currency region's fiscal and monetary policy support would remain in place. This comes four days after the European Central Bank convened on the 10th of June and decided to maintain the status quo - keeping the interest rates unchanged on ...

CFS, UniSuper win customer satisfaction nods

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2021
... every organisation. The awards tracked the customer satisfaction, engagement and loyalty of over 50,000 respondents. Beyond Bank won Bank of the Year, while Commonwealth Bank was the Major Bank of the Year. OnePath won the Major Risk & Life Insurer of ...