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Pandemic boosts financial sector's engagement

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 23 APR 2021
Financial services employees have never been more engaged in their roles since the global pandemic disrupted the workforce, a new study shows. The global workplace study by ADP, a provider of human resource solutions, found that the shift from office-based ...

Government merges advice reviews

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 APR 2021
... December 2022, Hayne said, and look at areas like how effective regulation has been in improving the quality of advice and the safe harbour provision. The LIF reforms commenced on 1 January 2018, which capped upfront commissions on life insurance products ...

MLC GM joins dealer group

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 20 APR 2021
... offer to the market." He added that Wealth Market is focused on helping advisers to grow their businesses while keeping them safe and saving them time. Fabig's appointment, he said, coincides with what Lawler considers to be an inflexion point in the ...

Chief economist update: Copper 10,000

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 APR 2021
... from the 17-year high it recorded in March last year - which, itself, suggests greater investor confidence (i.e., lesser safe-haven purchases) in the revival of global economic activity. This confidence is backed by assurances from central banks and ...

FSC proposes new advice model

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 APR 2021
Eradicating the Statement of Advice and the safe harbour steps are two recommendations that will help reduce red tape and make financial advice more affordable, according to the Financial Services Council. The financial services' peak body has laid ...

Women participation rate booms

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 APR 2021
Women's participation in the workforce has reached a record high of 61.8%, the latest employment statistics show. Citing new Australian Bureau of Statistics unemployment figures, Senator Jane Hume said Australia has achieved the highest female participation ...

Regulator frets over SPAC boom

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 16 APR 2021
... conditions on any such difference." He added that law makers could not have predicted the SPAC boom, so it is important that safe harbour laws are revisited to make sure investors are protected. The SEC's renewed focus on SPACs comes as Citigroup's quarterly ...

Sydney multi-boutique adds crypto fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 16 APR 2021
... debasement. The DigiTrackers Bitcoin Fund was purpose built to allow professional investors to access the asset class in a safe, secure and extremely cost-effective manner," he said. Mantis Funds head of distribution and partner Damien Hatfield said ...

Chief economist update: Australia's confidence contagion

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 APR 2021
Australia may not be "at the front of the queue for a safe and effective vaccine" (as Morrison declared back in November 2020) but it's certainly leading much of the world in containing the virus and strengthening economic recovery. This was the ...

Chief economist update: ScoMo cannot miss new vaccination target

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 APR 2021
... they're solely relying on the government's handout, would they? Australia may not be "at the front of the queue for a safe and effective vaccine", as Morrison declared back in November 2020, but it's certainly leading much of the world in ...