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ASIC appoints second deputy chair

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2018
ASIC has filled its second deputy chair position to replace Peter Kell, who finished up yesterday. Outgoing Productivity Commission deputy chair and commissioner Karen Chester will commence on 28 January 2019 for a five-year period. Chester was appointed ...

Chief economist update: A prelude to a rate cut?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2018
... hinting a down move on interest rates. In his address to the Australian Business Economists Annual Dinner in Sydney yesterday, Debelle said: "The Reserve Bank has repeatedly said that our expectation is that the next move in monetary policy is more likely ...

APRA takes action against IOOF

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2018
... IOOF's advice-lead wealth management focus and is a stronger strategic fit with Sargon," he said. After closing at $7.17 yesterday, IOOF's share price suffered a drop of around 33% by 12:40pm, to $4.74. Story last updated at 1:03pm

IFM Investors chair lays out priorities

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2018
... Labor federal minister took over as the chair of the super-fund-owned fund manager and Industry Super Australia (ISA) yesterday. Both Garry Weaven (IFM) and Peter Collins (ISA) stepped down from their respective chair roles yesterday. Combet said it ...

New initiatives ready advisers for the future

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2018
... advisers wanting to provide specialist advice on retirement living and aged care. Speaking at a media briefing in Sydney yesterday, Aged Care Gurus principal Rachel Lane said when people think of aged care, their mind immediately goes to residential ...

Corporate and industry super funds unite

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2018
... members by helping them look after their financial health now and into the future," Edwards added. The merger took place yesterday.

Miscalculations delay remediation, more issues emerge: AMP

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2018
... take nine years to remedy. He also flagged more issues in relation to corporate super clients. Fronting the commission yesterday, Wilkins said in February 2018 AMP's review and remediation committee endorsed a baseline approach to mediation for both ...

Should banks fund customer litigation?

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2018
... the board are doing their hob, why should you need someone to sue NAB so you can sort these things out?" Orr asked. Yesterday, NAB chief executive Andrew Thorburn said wealth management had become an unnecessary failure for Australia's big banks, while ...

Chief economist update: Wall Street in drunken sailor's shadow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2018
The ups and downs in US equities over the past weeks reminds me of the book, "A Random Walk on Wall Street", authored by Princeton University economics professor Burton Malkiel back in 1973, which posited that: "...short run changes in stock prices ...

Royal Commission: ASIC rethinks negotiation tactics

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2018
... late. "We now, as of today, have a process that we will first look at a matter and say, 'why not litigate?'" Yesterday, the Commission found ASIC does not formally record its meetings with the board and executives of financial services firms. ...