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If it ain't broke, don't fix it: Graham

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2022
Speaking at the Financial Standard Technical Services Forum in Sydney this week, Assured Support managing director Sean Graham said that the Quality of Advice Review is disappointing for advisers who have worked hard to build the foundations of an advanced ...

Former van Eyk Research chief sentenced

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2022
Mark Thomas, the former chief executive of failed research house van Eyk, was sentenced this week after pleading guilty to breaching directors' duties earlier this year. Thomas has been sentenced to 15 months, to be served by way of an intensive correction ...

Perpetual knocks back second takeover offer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2022
... regarding a transaction and has sought a delay regarding the next steps of the scheme, namely the first court hearing this week. Pendal said it intends to proceed without delay. "Pendal notes that while the scheme implementation deed permits Perpetual ...

Federal Reserve raises rates 0.75%

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2022
... Therefore, he signalled that the ultimate level of interest rates will be higher than previously expected. Meanwhile, earlier this week, an outfit of Senate Democrats, including Elizabeth Warren, and Bernie Sanders, expressed concern about the Fed's ...

FPA welcomes new board members

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 NOV 2022
... chief executive and founder of Health & Finance Integrated. He was also named in the Financial Standard Power50 for 2022 this week. Meanwhile, Martyn is director, principal and financial adviser at Personal Financial Services. Prior to that she spent ...

Central banks to tighten on all sides: BlackRock

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2022
... Institute (BII). The European Central Bank (ECB) raised rates another 0.75%, and BII expects the Fed to do the same this week. "That's a record pace for the ECB, one it's signaled may slow, and the fastest hiking cycle for the Fed since the 1980s," ...

CPI poses awkward optics for RBA: Economist

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 31 OCT 2022
... unnecessarily burden the population." On the RBA decision, BetaShares chief economist David Bassanese said: "Despite this week's higher than expected CPI inflation result, there remains a good case for the RBA to stick with only a 25-basis point interest ...

ASIC takes first action over greenwashing

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2022
... potential greenwashing and will take enforcement action, including Court action, for serious breaches." Meanwhile, earlier this week, the UK regulator, the Financial Complaints Authority (FCA), has proposed a package of measures including investment ...

Apollo Global Management names Australia head

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2022
Matthew Perrignon joined the US private equity firm this week as its new managing director and head of institutional client and product solutions (ICPS) sales in Australia. Perrignon brings nearly 30 years of financial services experience to the role ...

Mayfair 101 bids for High Court appeal

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2022
... Mayfair 101's noteholders' interests are protected." This is just the latest development in the Mayfair 101 saga. Earlier this week the Full Federal Court dismissed an appeal by the group to overturn findings of misleading or deceptive conduct and of ...