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Consumers trust Google over advisers: NobleOak

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2020
New research by independent life insurer NobleOak has found close to half of all consumers are turning to the internet over advisers for guidance on their financial goals and needs. It points to the digital revolution and fallout from the Royal Commission ...

SMSF property adviser pleads guilty

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2020
The director of a 'one-stop-shop' for SMSFs has pleaded guilty to 17 counts of aggravated deception and one count of dishonest dealings with documents. George Nowak, director of EJ Property Developments, formerly Charterhill, entered the guilty plea ...

Wells Fargo coughs up $4.5 billion

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2020
... "Fair Fund" is included in the overall penalty. Wells Fargo has admitted to collecting millions of dollars in fees and interest to which it was not entitled, in the process, harming the credit ratings of its customers and unlawfully using their sensitive ...

All-tech index offers new opps in financial advice

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020
For investors keen to claim their stake in local tech companies early in the wave, financial advisers have a new solution. Today the Australian stock exchange launched a new technology index, the S&P/ASX All Tech index, which in its early days will ...

All Tech Index launches down under

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020
... daily traded value of $120,000 and a minimum of a 30% relative liquidity ratio. Stevens said there has been international interest in the newly-launched index. "Many of the companies included in the All Tech Index started as small caps and have grown ...

Chief economist update: Aussie employment rises... but so does our unemployment rate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020
... lowest level since the GFC - as markets raised their bets that the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) would "need" to cut interest rates again soon... very soon, for this, Virginia, is as good as it gets. The other stats in the report showed that the unemployment ...

OneVue recoups $4.36m from Sargon

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2020
... January, OneVue appointed its receivers and managers to SC Australian Holdings 1 Pty Ltd, against which it had a secured interest. As a result, the Sequoia shares and Madison Financial Group were the two assets that fell into OneVue's control. Sargon ...

Consultation on mortgage broker best interests duty opens

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2020
... interests; whether the overall value of a product should be considered where non-cost considerations affect what's in the best interest of the client; and any other factors that should be considered. ASIC is also proposing that brokers tailor how they ...

ATO clamps down on auditor number misuse

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2020
An auditing discussion at the SMSF Association's annual conference turned to the ATO's recent efforts to stamp out SMSFs lying about audits and misusing auditor numbers. Super Sphere director Belinda Aisbett, Elite Super director Katrina Fletcher ...

New private credit fund to launch

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2020
A new investment fund, seeking to be the most diversified private credit fund in Australia, is set to be launched by a former UBS executive. Debt solutions provider iPartners said it is launching the iPartners Investment Fund in response to "strong ...