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Private equity weathers COVID-19 crisis: Research

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2020
New research from asset consultant Willis Towers Watson has found that private equity investments have weathered the impact of the COVID-19 financial crisis, despite a subdued environment for exit deals in the first half of the year. In a survey of ...

Financial institution charged over Epstein scandal

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2020
The US Department of Financial Services (DFS) has hit Deutsche Bank with a US$150 million penalty for the bank's relationship with disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. This marks the first enforcement action by a regulator against a financial institution ...

Chief economist update: Second waving, not drowning

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2020
While we, Australians all, remain glued tracking the mounting cases of infection in Victoria - one that has prompted the New South Wales government to close its borders with its neighbour south of the Murray River for the first time since the Spanish ...

Indigenous foundation teams up with super funds

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2020
First Nations Foundation (FNF) has launched an online resource to help Indigenous Australians find, manage, and grow their superannuation. The platform has been supported by a number of superannuation funds and financial services providers, including ...

Rio Tinto decision exposes limits of super engagement

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2020
A controversial promotion at mining giant Rio Tinto has demonstrated how even the biggest of super funds hold very little sway when it comes to engaging with companies they invest in. Peter Toth, formerly chief executive of OM Holdings, was promoted ...

Land tax, not stamp duty: Report

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2020
A draft report into reforming GST and reducing inefficient taxes has reignited calls for the scrapping of stamp duty when buying or selling a home, to be replaced by a broad-based land tax. The NSW Review of Federal Financial Relations draft report ...

ANZ accused of paying hush money on BBSW scandal

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2020
In an action filed in the Federal Court ANZ has been accused of throwing a whistleblower under the bus, paying a fine as "hush money" and "virtue signalling" following ASIC's investigation into ANZ's alleged manipulation of the bank bill swap rate. ...

Chief economist update: A tale of two quarters

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2020
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times... it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way..." -- 'A Tale of Two Cities' ...

AMP should stop whining: Slater and Gordon

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2020
Law firm Slater and Gordon has slammed AMP chief executive Francesco De Ferrari's criticism of litigation funding and class actions, as AMP continues to battle lawsuits sparked by the Royal Commission. Slater and Gordon head of class actions Ben Hardwick ...

Super reform should happen, but not now: Grattan

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2020
The Grattan Institute has warned that now is not the time to enact sweeping reforms as the nation battles the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Chief executive of the Grattan Institute John Daley said policy priorities need to reflect the new ...