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More staff embroiled in Macquarie investigation

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2020
... giant said it had been responding to requests for information from German authorities about its activities in a 2011 short-selling transaction. The transaction saw it act as a lender to a group of independent investment funds who sought to trade shares ...

Major life insurers continue to suffer

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2020
... suffered the most thanks to a 63.8% drop in risk sales compared with the year prior, with BT and Westpac not far behind after selling 61.7% less. AIA (-42.8%) and CommInsure (-35.7%) also took "very significant" falls in their sales according to Plan ...

Millions up in smoke in cannabis scam

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2020
... estimates the amount invested in the fictitious company amounts to approximately US $4.85 million. Griffithe is accused of selling investors ownership interests in SMRB LLC, a Washington based company owned by Russell that had a licence to grow marijuana ...

Analysts remain wary as ASX breaks 7000

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2020
... investor euphoria and craziness are also an, if not the most, important thing to watch." He said growing signs of insider selling, M&A activity and FOMO were all signs to watch for overvalued market. Rodda warned that the market was due for a correction. ...

Future of life insurance in doubt: APRA

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2020
... disability income insurance also deteriorated. APRA said this was in part due to "poor product design" and "aggressive" selling methods, as highlighted during the Royal Commission. "Some long-standing issues in this industry remain unresolved, including ...

YBR exits wealth, sells for $2.5 million

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 6 JAN 2020
... AFSL and will retain their rights to income from their client books. YBR advisers who do not transfer will be assisted in selling their rights to income from their client book to other transferring YBR advisers or other advisers within the Sequoia Group. ...

Chief economist update: Reversal of fortune

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2019
... reduced unincorporated business income related to the housing industry and measures of the activity involved in buying and selling homes." Duh! I've ranted many, many times on this space about the large multiplier effect of the housing sector on ...

CBA finalises CommInsure sale

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2019
... lawsuit filed by ASIC in October this year. The regulator filed criminal charges against the CBA-owned company over its selling of life insurance through unsolicited phone calls to customers.

ASIC wins appeal against Westpac companies

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 28 OCT 2019
... carefully calculated to bring about this desired result by giving no more than general advice. It was marketing by telephone selling," Federal Court documents read. "This difficulty is that the decision to consolidate superannuation funds into one chosen ...

NAB fixed income sales director moves to BOC

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2019
... with customers." Bank of China deals with Australian superannuation funds and corporates, primarily in originating and selling senior debt for companies including financials. "We believe there are opportunities for local investors to access global issuers ...