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ANZ wealth exit sees hundreds of jobs go

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2020
... risks to the Australian economy are real. That is why the Reserve Bank reduced interest rates to record lows earlier this week. ANZ is a tier one business; they should be leading the way in mapping out sensible reforms that demonstrate good corporate ...

Government moves to cut work test

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2020
... The government is moving to act on one of its election promises by cutting the work test. Draft legislation released this week through the release of draft legislation which will allow Australians aged 65 and 66 to make voluntary super contributions ...

Pendal global equities fund cut at Morningstar

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2020
... Pittard's style of investing from his time at Paul Moore's PM Capital but did not have a rating on the strategy at the time. This week, the rating house said it was dropping coverage on the Pendal core global share fund. "Morningstar will cease qualitative ...

Spitfire loses top executives

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2020
... current acting managing director. Meanwhile, Anil Sagaram has left his position of chief product officer at Spitfire this week after joining the platform provider in July last year. Sagaram had also moved from BT, where he had been working for 11 years ...

Chief economist update: The C word

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2020
... coordinated action... take your pick. As Bloomberg reports: "Group of Seven finance ministers will hold a teleconference this week to coordinate their response to the coronavirus outbreak, France's Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said Monday." "Finance ...

How to ensure clients will pay higher fees

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2020
... says financial advisers need to be prepared to have tough conversations with clients on fees. At the AFA Roadshow event this week, Anderson outlined the challenges advisers will face during what he referred to as a transition phase. The banning of agreed ...

Academics protest UniSuper investments

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2020
... fund's exposure to fossil fuels actually increased to 12% from 8% 18 months prior. It's not alone, however. Earlier this week, medical professionals staged a protest against industry fund HESTA, in an attempt to urge the fund to divest from fossil fuels. ...

Former AMP, Synchron adviser charged

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020
... According to the ASIC Financial Adviser Register, Dick is a member of the Association of Financial Advisers. Earlier this week a 73-year-old man from Nowra in New South Wales was sentenced to a term of two years imprisonment for giving false or misleading ...

Status quo not option for remuneration: APRA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2020
... holistically, and not just look at each component in isolation, adding that APRA plans to publically announce next steps this week. "As we have been mulling over the submissions and thinking about alternative approaches, we have been conscious of trying ...

TCorp issues first Euro bond

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2020
... management partner made its first offshore issuance in Euros. TCorp issued a 30-year EUR60 million fixed rate note earlier this week, priced at 0.609% and due on 24 February 2050. TCorp head of funding and balance sheet Fiona Trigona noted the interest ...