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Chief economist update: New Fed chief, same policy direction (but more transparent)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 FEB 2018
"Stocks, Treasuries Sink on Hawkish Powell Remarks: Markets Wrap" Bloomberg's headline just about sums up last night's activity on Wall Street that saw the S&P 500 index drop by 1.3%; the yield on 10-year Treasuries climb by three basis points to 2.89% ...

ATO to advance early release of super: O'Dwyer

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2018
... "improve the integrity of the processes." Under the current legislation only an applicant will receive an authorisation notice when requesting the early release of super benefits on compassionate grounds. Trustees would then need to independently verify ...

Pension fund and bank terminate asset manager

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2018
... major global asset manager. Scottish Widows and Lloyds Banking Group's wealth businesses have given Standard Life Aberdeen notice to terminate their partnership agreements with Aberdeen Asset Management following its merger with Standard Life. Scottish ...

Royal Commission seeks further disclosure over financial misconduct

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2018
Commissioner Kenneth Hayne had to repeatedly ask some of Australia's largest financial services businesses to properly explain the nature, extent and effect of any misconduct over the past five to 10 years. Overseeing the Royal Commission into the Misconduct ...

O'Dwyer proposes compulsory unpaid super law

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2018
The Federal Government is proposing all employers transition to the Single Touch Payroll (STP) system from 1 July 2019 under its superannuation guarantee reform package. What previously applied to employers with 20 employees or more is now being extended ...

ASIC puts corner-cutting advisers on notice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 22 JAN 2018
ASIC is warning financial advice dealer groups about the consequences of failing to correctly witness binding death nominations for superannuation benefits. The regulator said many nominations are at risk of being rejected by trustees as it has become ...

Chief economist update: Bond sell bomb shell

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 JAN 2018
Bill Gross - known as the "king of bonds" - has recently dropped a bombshell, or in this case, a bond sell. The Financial Times reports that: "The Janus Henderson manager said the $2.2bn Global Unconstrained Bond Fund has taken a short position on Treasuries ...

2018 Financial Standard Investment Leadership Awards

JOHN DYALL  |  FRIDAY, 22 DEC 2017
The 2018 Financial Standard Investment Leadership Awards recognise investment strategies that showcase all the qualities investors are looking for in an investment manager in an evidence-based and transparent way. Investment leadership is not only about ...

Group insurance awareness encouraging: MetLife

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 12 DEC 2017
... worked hard as an industry to raise awareness of insurance inside super and it's rewarding to see that people are taking notice and awareness is on the rise. But at the same time it's concerning that more people aren't taking action, despite 55% of those ...

Court shuts down listed investment manager lawsuit

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 8 DEC 2017
... its own nominees to Molopo's board, in a move that Molopo described as a "board spill." On March 14, Keybridge served a notice to Molopo requesting the latter call a general meeting to allow shareholders to vote on the appointment of three new directors ...