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Super fund advice needs more guardrails: Conference

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2023
Loosening financial advice regulation under the Quality of Advice Review proposals would highly benefit superannuation fund members, but many are convinced that this only works in theory. The Quality of Advice Review chair Michelle Levy stuck to her ...

ASIC cracks down on CHESS issues

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2023
ASIC is further clamping down on the ASX to ensure that it successfully comes through on replacing CHESS after botching its attempt to overhaul it with blockchain. Following Accenture's external review into the 25-year-old settlements system, ASIC ...

Minutes show RBA considered 50bp rise

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 21 FEB 2023
The Reserve Bank of Australia contemplated raising interest rates by 50 basis points when it met earlier this month but ultimately determined the case for a 0.25% increase was stronger. In the February 7 meeting minutes released this morning, the RBA ...

California to mandate personal finance studies

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 21 FEB 2023
The US state is spending big on financial education and is close to mandating personal finance courses for high school students in a bid to combat financial illiteracy. Assembly Bill 984, introduced by assembly member Kevin McCarty on February 15, would ...

AOF sells Sydney property for $80m

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2023
As part of its ongoing value maximisation strategy, the Australian Unity Office Fund (AOF) is offloading a Macquarie Park property for $80.75 million. The sale price for 5 Eden Park Drive represents a 1% premium to the June 2022 independent valuation ...

Recession risk for Australia minimal: Forum

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2023
Australia will remain resilient amid raging headwinds posed by inflation and interest rates, to the extent that it will meet its growth forecast and avoid a recession, according to an investment expert. La Trobe Financial chief investment officer Chris ...

Link scores admin, technology mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2023
A global bank's retirement and pensions unit has awarded an administration and digital solutions mandate to Link Group as the latter expands its footprint in the region. HSBC appointed Link's Retirement & Superannuation Solutions (RSS) business to oversee ...

RBA cash rate hike forecast by economists

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2023
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is widely tipped to lift the cash rate by 25 basis points today to fight ongoing inflationary pressure. According to HSBC chief economist Paul Bloxham, inflation is too high and there's yet to be clear evidence ...

AFA, FPA propose merged entity name

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2023
Australia's two peak financial advice associations have flagged the new name of the proposed entity should their merger go ahead. The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) and Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) will be known as the ...

Australian Unity recruits Vanguard veteran

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2023
Australian Unity has a new executive general manager of operations for its Wealth and Capital Markets platform, recruiting from Vanguard. Australian Unity named Michael McGavigan as its new executive general manager; he joined the company on February ...