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Chief economist update: The hazard of being a safe haven

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2019
... assets such as longer-term bonds and currencies like the Swiss franc and the Japanese yen. Ahh yes, the Japanese yen - except for its mini-me trade war with South Korea, where both countries deleted each other from their preferred trading lists - the ...

ASIC reveals advice remediation progress

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2019
... Financial Planning, Financial Wisdom and Count Financial reporting no staff were working on the program. All CBA entities except Commonwealth Securities and Commonwealth Private reported their remediation programs would be complete by August 31. ASIC ...

Schroders acquires majority stake in impact investor

KRISTI CHENG  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2019
Global asset manager Schroders has acquired a majority stake in Swiss impact investor BlueOrchard Finance. The financial terms of the deal have not been disclosed, with the acquisition expected to complete in the second half of 2019. Schroders now has ...

Buy time ahead for Aussie equities: Tribeca

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2019
Australian share investors can expect buying opportunities heading into the reporting season even though the index just hit its post-GFC high, according to Tribeca's Jun Bei Liu. The S&P/ASX 200 has climbed more than 1200 points or about 20% since the ...

Advice associations weigh in on member interests bill

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2019
The peak bodies representing financial advisers have taken similar positions on the Government's latest round of superannuation reforms. In submissions to the Senate Economics Legislation Committee on the Putting Members' Interests First Bill ...

Super fund to reduce admin costs

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2019
A $12 billion super fund has moved to significantly reduce the cost of its administration in future years. LGIA super has selected global business process specialist Tech Mahindra to take over and operate its back-office administrative platform. The ...

AMP Life sale blocked

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2019
AMP has confirmed the sale of its life insurance business to Resolution Life is highly unlikely to go ahead. The institution said the sale of AMP Life is highly unlikely to proceed on the current terms do to challenges in meeting the condition precedent ...

MLC faces class action over adviser fees

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2019
IMF Bentham and William Roberts Lawyers will bring a class action against MLC's super fund trustee NULIS Nominees relating to excess fees charged to members for adviser commissions. IMF Bentham and William Roberts will allege NULIS breached its ...

New chief executive at Evans Dixon

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2019
Evans Dixon has appointed a new chief executive after the incumbent stepped down in June to focus on an under-performing US fund. The ASX-listed wealth and advice firm this morning announced Peter Anderson, who joined the board as an independent non-executive ...

QSuper lowers balanced fund fees

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2019
Members invested in QSuper's default balanced option will benefit from lower investment fees. In addition to the group insurance policy changes the $72 billion super fund introduced on July 1, investment fee changes have been rolled out. Investment ...