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Mainstream to pay $5.1m settlement

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2021
Mainstream BPO is due to pay $5.1 million as part of a confidential settlement agreement affecting its US hedge fund administration subsidiary. The ASX-listed firm said it agreed to pay US$3.95 million to a US District Court-appointed receiver of a ...

Big super locking Aussies out of homes: Wilson

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2021
Industry Super Australia says recent comments by Liberal MP Tim Wilson that "big super" is locking young Aussies out of the housing market are "scary". Wilson said the fact that first home buyers are unable to access their retirement savings to go towards ...

Aon, WTW merger will reduce competition: ACCC

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2021
The ACCC has flagged concerns over Aon's proposed merger with Willis Towers Watson (WTW), throwing a spanner in the works for the two companies. The ACCC said Aon and WTW are two of the three largest providers of commercial risk, reinsurance and employee ...

Asset managers move to ESG

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2021
Close to 80% of institutional investors in the Asia Pacific region boosted their environmental, social and governance (ESG) investments in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, new research shows. MSCI's 2021 Global Institutional Investor Survey showed ...

Chief economist update: Australia's not jobless recovery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2021
It's only been only two weeks since the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) provided a more optimistic assessment of and outlook for the domestic labour market. In its February 2021 'Statement on Monetary Policy' (SoMP), the RBA declared that ...

MTAA Super increases premiums amid merger

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2021
The $13 billion industry super fund MTAA Super, which is due to merge with Tasplan and become Spirit Super on 1 April 2021, has flagged that insurance premiums will be increasing for members. MTAA said that the insurance costs for many members will ...

Iress names chair, profit slides

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2021
The chair of the financial software provider will step down and the chair of Webjet will take his place. Tony D'Aloisio will step down as chair following the company's annual general meeting in May, having spent over six years in the position. Roger ...

Limited advice overdue for disruption

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2021
There are clear opportunities to disrupt intra-fund and general advice that the industry is overlooking, shunning everyday Australians that need it most, according to superannuation experts. As the number of financial advisers continue to dwindle and ...

CFA unveils December exam results

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2021
Less than half of the candidates who sat the first stage of the rigorous CFA exam have passed, global results from the institute shows. The CFA Institute announced 12,806 of the 26,212 or 49% of Level I candidates passed their examination in the December ...

Count Financial expands national reach

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2021
Count Financial has announced three new firms have been added to its national network of advice businesses. Plan Protect and YS Financial Planning from Sydney and Financial Stability from Melbourne are the three newest firms in the CountPlus-owned licensee. ...