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Chief economist update: Reversal of fortune

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2019
Over the past few months, I've been singing sad songs about the Australian economy and the need for the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) and the Morrison government to do more to reverse the slowing momentum in economic activity in this 'Lucky ...

NAB accused of greenwashing

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2019
National Australia Bank has been accused in no uncertain terms of greenwashing. Activist group Market Forces said NAB's new climate policy, released as part of its latest Sustainability Report, is "little more than greenwash and a recipe for climate ...

ASIC eyes claims handling

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2019
Total and permanent disability insurance and the claims handling processes of insurers are well within ASIC's sights. Following the release of an ASIC review into TPD which found significant, industry wide problems with product design and claims handling ...

Governance experts join boutique

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2019
Two well-known governance experts have joined MGD, a growing boutique financial services firm. Michael Drew has been appointed as chief investment officer and director and Adam Walk will join the firm as director, investment advisory. In their new roles ...

Value facing unprecedented rally: Schroders

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2019
Value stocks are headed towards an "unprecedented" boom, according to Schroders UK fund manager Simon Adler. Adler said part of the reason value stocks deserve more attention is because growth has been doing so well. "The last 10 years has been the ...

Total Financial Solutions to shutter next year

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2019
CountPlus has announced an early 2020 end date for the Total Financial Solutions (TFS) dealer group. The plan was confirmed today at CountPlus' annual general meeting. TFS currently has around 81 financial advisers on staff, with CountPlus saying 62 ...

CommInsure enters guilty plea

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2019
CommInsure has pleaded guilty to 87 hawking offences. ASIC announced that Colonial Mutual Life Assurance Society, trading as CommInsure, has entered a guilty plea for 87 counts of offering to sell insurance products in the course of unlawful, unsolicited ...

Chief economist update: The PBOC stimulates

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2019
Faced with slowing growth and above target inflation, what's a central bank to do? In the case of the People's Bank of China (PBOC), it's going for growth. In a surprise move, the Chinese central bank cut its seven-day reverse repo rate ...

Super fund bumps up premiums

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2019
Insurance premiums have risen by up to 21% for members of an industry superannuation fund. As of this month, First Super and its group insurer MetLife have bumped up the cost of death, TPD and voluntary income protection cover. According to the fund ...

No plan to cut out advisers: SPDR chair

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2019
State Street's global chair for its ETF business says it will continue to be anchored to adviser-led distribution in Australia and not seek to launch a direct-to-consumer push. Visiting Australia last week, SPDR Global chair Jim Ross said it was ...