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ASIC sues CBA over monthly fees

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 APR 2021
The corporate regulator has commenced civil proceedings against Commonwealth Bank over allegations it wrongly charged monthly fees to customers over a nine-year period. ASIC alleges CBA incorrectly charged $55 million in monthly access fees to nearly ...

Chief economist update: Too much of a good thing could be a bad thing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2021
Healthier consumers are happier consumers are spending consumers. US consumer confidence has rebounded to its highest level since the onset of the pandemic in America in March last year. This is hardly surprising with cases of coronavirus infections ...

Mercer adds investment, superannuation experts

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2021
Mercer has made three appointments to the boards of its investments and superannuation businesses, including the former head of investments at MLC Asset Management and a former chair of the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia. From April  ...

Boutique hires fund services lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2021
A boutique trustee firm has appointed a long-serving Perpetual employee as its head of fund services. John O'Connell will become the head of fund services at AMAL Trustees on April 1. Perpetual confirmed that O'Connell has left the firm and that Aaron ...

Trading platform names new chief

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2021
An ASX-listed trading platform has made changes to its executive leadership, naming a new chief executive and chair. SelfWealth has announced Cath Whitaker will lead the platform, joining from Mercer's parent company Marsh McLennan. She will commence ...

Aberdeen Standard rejigs Aussie equities fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2021
Aberdeen Standard Investments will relaunch its Australian equities fund, taking it from ESG to tighter SRI criteria. The $40 million fund managed by Michelle Lopez has so far used ESG criteria (which the firm says is embedded in all its strategies). ...

Computershare to buy Wells Fargo corporate trust business

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAR 2021
ASX-listed Computershare will spend about $986 million to acquire the assets of Wells Fargo Corporate Trust Services, which has over 26,000 mandates. The US$750 million purchase is expected to be at least 15% management EPS accretive on a pro forma ...

Not-so-Zuper: Super disruptor folds

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2021
Having failed to reach sufficient scale, the millennial superannuation fund will close its doors next month. Closed to new members as of March 10, existing Zuper members have now received word that the offering will cease to exist from April 30 - just ...

HUB24 hits fund managers with higher fees

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAR 2021
Fund managers that use HUB24's platform have received updated contracts this month, listing a significant increase in their "reporting fees". HUB24 charges fund managers a reporting fee if they want to see which financial advisers and/or dealer ...

Chief economist update: When 6%-plus growth is deemed too low

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAR 2021
GDP growth of over 6% for 2021. Chinese premier Li Kequiang announced this target growth rate at the opening of the fourth session of the 13th National People's Congress (NPC) in Beijing on March 5. Many a time, China's annual economic growth ...