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Inflation to retreat in 2022: Fund manager

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 JAN 2022
Investors should not fear high levels of inflation as it will diminish by the end of 2022, one fund manager predicts. T. Rowe Price portfolio specialist Laurence Taylor forecasts that inflation will peak but will also fade in the same year. The combination ...

E&P pulls the plug on DASS

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JAN 2022
Amid a slew of class actions and regulatory problems, the troubled superannuation subsidiary of E&P Financial Group is now in voluntary administration. PwC has been called in as voluntary administrators of Dixon Advisory and Superannuation Services ...

Water, water everywhere but nothing to drink

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 JAN 2022
Another two covid years over, a new one's just begun. Although still not proved beyond the shadow of a doubt, since the first bat flapped its covid wings in Wuhan (China), it has gone through several mutations - most notably, Alpha, Delta and now Omicron ...

EISS Super finds merger partner in Cbus

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 17 DEC 2021
Cbus has come to EISS Super's rescue, after the latter was directed by APRA to merge as soon as possible. Cbus and EISS Super have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to complete a merger next year, with Cbus chief executive Justin Arter saying ...

New role for Cbus' Robbie Campo

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 13 DEC 2021
In addition to her role as group executive for brand, engagement, advocacy and product at Cbus, Robbie Campo has taken on a board position with the Integrated Reporting Framework. Campo is an advocate for the benefits of integrated reporting, a form ...

AZ NGA recruits chief operating officer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 DEC 2021
The chief operating officer of Countplus will join AZ Next Generation Advisory in the new year, spearheading the group's expansion plans. Graham McGeagh has been with Countplus since 2018 but will join AZ NGA as its chief operating officer in early ...

COVID-19 relief for SMSFs may require specialist input

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 22 NOV 2021
Extended government relief measures highlight the need for SMSF specialist advice, says SMSF Association chief executive. SMSF Association chief executive John Maroney has commented on the need for SMSF specialist advice in the wake of extended COVID-19 ...

APRA moves to force EISS Super merger

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 16 NOV 2021
Protecting members' best interests, APRA has imposed additional conditions on EISS Super's licence - including that it must merge with a larger fund by the middle of next year. The move follows APRA's investigation into expenditure and governance ...

Aussie dividends recover losses

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 15 NOV 2021
Australian dividends have recovered from the losses in 2020 with year-to-date dividend growth outpacing global performance, according to new research. The latest Janus Henderson Global Dividend Index recorded a 126% jump in Australian dividends in Q3 ...

CBA pleads guilty to selling junk insurance

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 1 NOV 2021
Commonwealth Bank pleaded guilty to 30 criminal charges relating to misselling consumer credit insurance. The charges were brought by ASIC and relate to CBA's promotion and sale of CreditCard Plus and Loan Protection policies as an add-on insurance ...