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Group premiums rise 34%

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2020
Members of Defence Bank Super and Crescent Wealth Super have been notified their insurance premiums will increase 34%, after TAL advised it would increase premium rates. The funds informed members the changes were as a result of recent legislative changes ...

EQT bolsters board

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2020
... EQT's board as a non-executive director. Schwartz is currently a non-executive director on the boards of the Reserve Bank of Australia, Qualitas Property Partners and the Trawalla Group, the last of which, she founded herself. Along with her family ...

Chief economist update: Welcome to the day after tomorrow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2020
The day you, I and Irene lost sleep over contemplating the potency of future central bank policy actions, given their sharply reduced firepower, when the next threat to the global economy comes. The coronavirus outbreak has brought that day upon us. ...

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 ...

Aussie at center of international scheme

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2020
... target US consumers and "swindled" hundreds of millions of dollars, which the company then transferred to its various offshore bank accounts. MOBE offered a money-back guarantee which made investors believe the investment was risk-free, the FTC said. ...

Chief economist update: The C word

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2020
It was just a matter of time. With almost every person on this planet talking about the "C" word - coronavirus or COVID-19, that is - under their face masks, it's hardly surprising that fiscal and monetary authorities are now fashioning their own ...

RBA expected to cut again; maybe even tomorrow

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2020
... the RBA will cut rates by 25bps tomorrow, and the market should price in the chance of a 50bps easing. "Since the Reserve Bank of Australia last met in early February, there have been three significant developments," Ord Minnett said. "First, the distribution ...

ANZ Australia risk chief exits

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2020
The chief risk officer that fronted the Royal Commission on behalf of ANZ Wealth has resigned from the bank. A spokesperson for ANZ has confirmed the resignation of Kylie Rixon, effective immediately. Rixon was chief risk officer of ANZ Wealth from ...

ETF popularity soars 52%

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2020
Latest insights from Morningstar show Australia's ETF market grew 52% in 2019, reaching highs of $61 billion in assets. It's a far cry from two decades ago; the industry was worth $3 billion in 2010, and there were only 27 ETF products available ...

Link's superannuation arm takes a hit

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2020
Link's retirement and superannuation solutions business took a hit in the first half of the year, as client losses and regulatory reforms impacted the segment. Reporting its half yearly results to the market today, administration and services giant ...