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Fund manager hit with serious charges

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAY 2021
... provided responsible entity and trustee for hire services, and custody and administration services between December 2012 and January 2020. The Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions, which pursued the matter thanks to a tip off from ASIC, investigated ...

Former van Eyk chief charged

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAY 2021
... conduct as an officer of the company over an almost three-week period in early 2014. The regulator alleges that between 31 January 2014 and 20 February 2014, Thomas facilitated a near-$5 million investment from Blueprint Investment Management Limited ...

Super fund whistleblower policies lacking: ASIC

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2021
... in RG 270, issued in late 2019. APRA-regulated superannuation entities were required to have policies in place from 1 January 2020. Financial Standard is the official media partner of the Conference of Major Superannuation Funds 2021.

Aged care workers depended on ERS: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2021
... median account balance of 45% to $12,769, followed by residential care who saw their balance decline by 40% to $14,975. "In January 2021, the median account balance for members working in community or residential aged care who accessed their super early ...

New Martin Gilbert vehicle strikes first deal

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 17 MAY 2021
... Aberdeen Standard, has made its first acquisition under its new business strategy. Martin Gilbert bought into AssetCo in January this year and joined as chair, alongside fellow Aberdeen Standard veteran Peter McKellar who serves as chief executive. "We ...

Low FASEA pass rate continues

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAY 2021
... rate may become a trend in 2021. A total of 69% of candidates passed the March exam, better than the 67% that passed in January but below the 76% that passed in November last year. The results are also less impressive than the overall 89% who have passed ...

Chief economist update: Iron ore is the glue that binds China and Australia

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021
... world iron imports) - where crude steel production continues surge (up by 19.1% in the year to March from 12.9% in the January-February period) as Chinese mills lift production on the back of expectations for increased demand from the manufacturing and ...

Chief economist update: Did the BOE just announce taper?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2021
... 2021" document is the paragraph: "The existing programme of £150 billion of UK government bond purchases had started in January and its completion was expected by around the end of 2021. As envisaged since the announcement of the programme in November ...

Chief economist update: Japan's elusive virtuous cycle

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2021
... While the BOJ upgraded its GDP growth forecasts in its April 2021 Outlook report - 4.0% in 2021 (from 3.9% predicted in January 2021) and 2.4% (from 1.8%) - it doesn't expect core inflation to reach target - 0.1% this year, 0.8% in 2022 and 1.0% ...

Generation Life awards tech mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2021
... and reporting. The package includes a tax-reporting functionality. Generation Life partnered with Optimum Pensions in January for a five-year exclusive agreement to manufacture, administer and distribute its retirement income product. Most recently ...