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ERS had little effect on funds: Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 22 DEC 2020
... constituted approximately 1.6% of assets under management on average and 26.5% of cash holdings. "This is an order of magnitude higher than the typical fund flows observed under normal policy settings," it said. "The average fund received over 40,000 ...

Westpac enters into court enforceable undertaking

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2020
... "APRA's concerns have been communicated directly to the board and senior management with the clear message that the magnitude of improvements that Westpac needs to deliver requires a deep commitment to change at all levels across the organisation ...

Risk but no reward in institutional equities portfolios

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2020
... holdings, style tilts and sector over- and under-weights cancelling each other out partially or completely, and the magnitude of the impact on active risk, was surprising. This is the result of investment managers within a portfolio taking opposing positions ...

Count Financial faces class action

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2020
... Charter Financial Planning and Hillross Financial Services and from Westpac, Westpac Bank, Securitor Financial Group and Magnitude Group. "Each of these institutions owed specific obligations to their customer designed to protect their customers' ...

AMP, CBA, Westpac face potential class action

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2020
... Count Financial and Financial Wisdom. From Westpac, the firm is focused on Westpac Bank, Securitor Financial Group and Magnitude Group. "Each of these institutions owed specific obligations to their customer designed to protect their customers' interests ...

Experts battle for GST reform

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2020
... burden of reform". It recommended state treasuries develop projections of national GST revenues, helping to unearth the magnitude of further erosion and guide policy response, and also advocated for an increase to the GST rate as well as expanding the ...

Proceed with caution: Janus Henderson

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2020
... these - corporate earnings revisions and options prices - continued to signal caution," Alankar said. "Alas, as the magnitude of the housing crisis became apparent, the equities rally proved ephemeral and the market plunged to new lows the following ...

COVID-19 creates case for robo-advice

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
... traders losing money in the markets. "I wasn't surprised that the numbers increased but I was very surprised at the magnitude of the increase," Garrett said. "What was so distressing about it was seeing three to four times the number of accounts becoming ...

Trustee behaviour in a COVID-19 world

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
... ATO will put their behaviour "solely between recklessness or intentional disregard". "Where someone exaggerates the magnitude of the impact of COVID-19 or they guess because they have made no effort to validate the effects, this may suggest that their ...

Former licensee head in new role

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2020
... Connect. Fisher wrapped up as general manager of Securitor in May 2019 when Westpac shuttered the dealer group, along with Magnitude, as part of its decision to exit personal financial advice. Fisher brings more than 20 years' experience in financial ...