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Does financial services have a problem with women?

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2021
... happened." Comments, like those mentioned in the IOOF case, that imply women who are assertive are nagging or aggressive are a huge part of the problem, Beck says. "The moral of the story is that if you are having a conversation with a colleague at work ...

Fund supports deidentified recruitment

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2021
... journey of making Future Super more accountable for the inclusion of our team, and we acknowledge that we've still got a huge amount of work to do, we hope the industry follows."

Fund manager charged with defrauding investors

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2021
... and MG Capital misappropriated more than US$7 million in investor assets while using falsified financial reports to conceal huge losses that ultimately forced the two funds into wind-down. "As alleged in the complaint, Malley and MG Capital defrauded ...

The barriers to limited advice: Licensees

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 11 JAN 2021
The increasing cost of delivering financial advice coupled with lack of guidance and strategy documents are the major barriers to limited advice, according to licensees. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission's (ASIC) latest consultation ...

First Super adds to board

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 21 DEC 2020
The chief executive of an industry association will First Super's board, replacing former director and co-chair Lisa Marty. Dean Brakell will join First Super's board, commencing 1 January 2021. Brakell is chief executive of the Australian Cabinet & ...

Equity Trustees reports on 2020 giving

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020
... employees and the business community impassioned by the crises, a means by which to help," he said. "We have contributed a huge pro-bono effort to establish the trusts and efforts to scale our ability to make rapid response grants to those in need, into ...

Chief economist update: Japan's five minutes of sunshine

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2020
However it's measured, economic growth has rebounded in the Land of the Rising Sun from the depths of the huge contraction recorded in the June 2020 quarter. Japanese GDP surged at an annualised rate of 22.9% in the September quarter (from a 29.2% ...

Land tax favourable over stamp duty: Survey

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2020
... affair and stamp duty makes it more so. It effectively raises the bottom rung of the housing ladder, burdens buyers with a huge up-front tax and inhibits the flow of property sales," Cooke said. "In an ideal market, you buy when you can afford to and ...

Retail superannuation funds grilled on member priorities

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2020
... chance of losing money," he said. "But the strategic problem in the lifecycle sector is not the concept behind them, but the huge variation in their outcomes. Their leading products are nevertheless extremely impressive. But too many traditional lifecycle ...

Insto demand sees digital asset manager launch

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2020
... abate anytime soon. "This is a major sea change in an asset class once dismissed by many as a 'fad'. Investors are seeing its huge potential as a store of value and a credible diversifier, which will increasingly be sought in an environment of negative ...