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ASIC secures $160m in remediation over junk credit insurance

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
ASIC has announced it has secured $160 million in remediation for consumers sold junk credit insurance from 11 major banks and lenders between 2011 and 2018. These include offerings from ANZ, Australian Central Credit Union, Bank of Queensland, Bendigo ...

HESTA awards investment data mandate

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
... management. HESTA has selected GoldenSource Nexus to overhaul its investment data management, set to help the super fund focus on managing investments in-house, delivering improved data-backed investment decisions and reporting, and assisting the super ...

Revenues lift 30% at Xero

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
... moving swiftly to roll out a range of new customer and partner support services," the software company said. "This includes a focus on immediate customer information needs, targeted product development (specifically, cash flow insights, in-product prompts ...

Mudslinging over FASEA extension continues

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2020
... this issue." However, the government believes the bill has little to do with listed investment companies and trusts - the focus of Labor's amendment - and hinted the opposition is aware of the repercussions of making an amendment at this stage. Conversely ...

Processes are the problem, not people: Count Financial

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2020
... This includes a custom Xplan system, which allows a Statement of Advice to be produced in less time so that advisers can focus on onboarding clients. "These refinements, and a simplification and enhancement of quality assurance processes around the provision ...

Hedge funds rally in April, but YTD still bleed red

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2020
New data has revealed that hedge funds around the globe staged a recovery in April, with a positive aggregate return of more than 5%. It follows a disappointing March, with almost all the hedge funds tracked by a global database and analytics tool in ...

Industry funds revise ERS modelling

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2020
... ISA's modelling did not use nominal dollars in place of real dollars, contradicting Jeremenko's evidence. "This is not the focus of ASIC's engagement with ISA on this matter," ASIC said.

Australia facing largest ever GDP fall

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2020
... be paid through higher taxes in the future, but through economic growth created by "productivity enhancing reforms." "Our focus will be on practical solutions to the most significant challenges which will be front and centre in the post-crisis world," ...

South Australian wealth firms merge

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2020
An Adelaide wealth advisory and accounting practice has acquired a private wealth firm that was named the Financial Planning Association of Australia's Professional Practice of the Year in 2018. Perks is expanding its Perks Private Wealth business after ...

Majority of ERS applications from low balance accounts: AMP

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2020
... in-line with expectations. Lara Bourguignon AMP's managing director, superannuation, retirement and platforms said AMP's focus was supporting clients in hardship and ensuring they receive funds efficiently and securely. "We fully support the government's ...