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Westpac admits to failures

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2020
... number of admissions in its response to the Statement of Claim," the bank said in a statement. The defence filed makes a series of admissions of failures. These include the non-reporting of international fund transfer instructions (IFTIs) and failure ...

Chief economist update: The outlook for Australia, according to COVID-19

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2020
... on record - gives credence to the RBA's gloomy outlook on Australian economic growth. The lead from the ANZ job ads series - released a day before the RBA meeting - also supports its dim view of the labour market. Job ads in newspapers and on the ...

Now is the time to step up: FEW

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... confidence to do so is what FEW is all about and it's a theme that underscores FEW's recently launched FEW Connect livestream series, hosted by Tullio and FEW chief executive Judith Beck. Launched five weeks ago as an alternative to the group's regular ...

COVID-19 drives Aussies to check exemptions

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... Committee on Economics hearing into the life insurance sector, ClearView managing director Simon Swanson responded to a series of questions levelled by Labor MP Andrew Leigh about exemptions for suicide in the firm's life insurance policies. After ...

Chief economist update: Approaching peak isolation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2020
... composite PMI output index dropped to a reading of 27.4 in April - "the fastest reduction in private sector output since the series began in late-2009" - from March's final reading of 40.9, dragged down by significant falls in the manufacturing and ...

Boutique manager taps former Challenger executive

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2020
... officer of global equities and fixed income - Beardow joined the firm, which has managed wholesale investor capital, in a series of managed accounts, since July 2017. Around a year ago the firm launched its Darling Macro Fund, which aims to "dynamically ...

Compliance worse than COVID-19

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
... said regulatory requirements had increased the cost of advice. "There is a strong view that the cumulative impact of a series of regulatory reforms over recent years and other regulatory interventions has materially increased the cost of and complexity ...

Not the time to sell products

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
... stopped selling because we wanted to help financial advisors and get them set up." Rady said the firm recently delivered a series of webinars on how advisers can be most efficient and have empathetic conversations digitally. "So that approach we feel ...

Hostplus responds to PDS controversy

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020
Hostplus has responded to a series of reports suggesting the fund does not have ample liquidity to handle the government's plan to allow people to access their super early and claims it updated its PDS in preparation for mass redemptions. As part of ...

Centrepoint executives depart, pay cuts implemented

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2020
... fee increase, reducing fees for larger firms and capping fees for two years. "In the meantime, Centrepoint has launched a series of time-critical updates for its advisers to help them support their clients and manage their businesses in the rapidly changing ...