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Vale Ted Evans

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2020
... policy in Australia. "Ted Evans believed in policy innovation and was always brave in breaking formerly forbidden policy ground," Keating said. "Ted was always restrained but invested with fierce beliefs which he held in a vice like grip. Belief and ...

Not safe to launch: APRA

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2020
... launched during the COVID-19 crisis, noting even those which take-off under normal circumstances often don't get off the ground. With the regulator concerned new entrants won't survive the winter, it said the issuance of new licences would be ...

Bravura secures new mandate

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 6 APR 2020
... efficiencies and enhance service delivery," Bravura said. "The Garradin implementation has enabled Futurity to launch a ground-breaking discretionary family education bond that provides bond owners with the ability to easily track their contributions ...

Chant West sale hits roadblock

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2020
Zenith Investment Partners wants to reverse out of its planned $12 million purchase of Chant West's superannuation business, saying the latter has been materially affected since February, but Chant West is digging its heels in. On February 18, Chant ...

Will COVID-19 infect mortgages and RMBS?

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020
The current market corrections caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent shutdowns have sparked warnings from some not to forget the lessons of 2008 - especially, don't underestimate mortgage defaults. Thomas J. Barrack, a US private equity ...

No time to look back

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020
In rough times it can seem beneficial to look back at past experiences and think 'If I got through that, I can get through this', but if you ask the fund managers and traders of the world, the consensus is this time does not compare to 1987 ...

Positives from the pandemic for advisers

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2020
... years is coming in an end," Johnson said. "It appears the pendulum is starting to swing back to some badly needed middle ground and that light at the end of the tunnel is intensifying." The letter wasn't all positive though. "Unfortunately it is too ...

AMP Life, AMP Capital fined

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2020
AMP Life and AMP Capital have paid hefty penalties following infringement notices issued by ASIC. AMP Life paid $275,500 and AMP Capital paid $250,500. "ASIC issued the infringement notices as it considers there are reasonable grounds to believe there ...

ASIC drags CFS to court over MySuper

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2020
ASIC has commenced civil proceedings in the Federal Court against Colonial First State, alleging that it engaged in misleading communication with members. Following the introduction of legislation in 2012 that required trustees to offer members a default ...

Wall Street tumbles, ASX holds ground

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2020
Wall Street has been taking a battering since the coronavirus outbreak left the shores of China, with the S&P 500 falling another 12% overnight. A sharp cut in interest rates, stricter quarantine enforcements around the globe and a change of tone from ...