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Chief economist update: The cure for Italy's tourism problem

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2020
... Overtourism solved! Then there's that bugbear of a budget deficit the new populist Italian government argued with the European Union about a little over a year ago. Brussels was worried that Italy's big spending promises would put its budget ...

ANZ wealth exit sees hundreds of jobs go

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2020
The Financial Services Union has lashed out at ANZ for plans to cut 230 jobs from its private bank and financial advice businesses. The FSU said that in a memo, ANZ told staff that it was committed to helping rebuild trust in the financial advice industry. ...

JBWere partners with cash platform

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2020
JBWere has signed an agreement with a cash platform to benefit its 500-strong adviser network. The wealth manager will use Cashwerkz's term deposit and at call solutions via the latter's online marketplace. Cashwerkz's platform has over ...

AustralianSuper secures corporate mandate

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2020
... super fund in May last year, followed by Australia Post in June after it faced pressure from the Communications Workers Union (CWU) to dump AMP. In the handout to McMillan Shakespeare employees, AustralianSuper said: "While you're with McMillan Shakespeare ...

De Ferrari unaware of legal action

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2020
... the group's financial advisers breached their fiduciary and statutory duties to around 100,000 clients. The Finance Sector Union is also investigating legal options for its members. In another blow, the Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise ...

AMPFPA action progresses, associations merge

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2020
... interest to quantify their losses and I think it will be moving quite quickly after that," Macdonald said. The Finance Sector Union, which is also exploring an action, also held meetings with impacted advisers in Sydney and Melbourne last week after ...

Chief economist update: UK is now Bailey's baby

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2020
... orderly move, at the beginning of next year, to a deep free trade agreement between the United Kingdom and the European Union". "The most recent indicators suggest that global growth has stabilised, reflecting the partial easing of trade tensions and ...

ISA demands pull Combet from ME Bank

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2020
Former politician Greg Combet has retired from the board of ME Bank, as his commitments to industry super heat up. Combet is departing the industry fund-owned bank after five years on the board, which commenced in November 2014. The former Labor minister ...

AustralianSuper adds to board

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2020
AustralianSuper has appointed a new board director from the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union. The nation's largest superannuation fund has welcomed Glenn Thompson to its board. He replaces Paul Bastian who joined the board in 2013. Thompson ...

Cbus Super chief to exit

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2020
David Atkin will leave as the $57 billion superannuation fund's chief executive later this year after 12 years in the role. Atkin steered Cbus as it grew from just $12 billion in assets under management, adopted a more comprehensive approach to ...