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ROA relief guidance released

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2021
... keep a file on client conversations and any action the client has agreed to take (for example, reduce living expenses). In April, ASIC extended the temporary measure until October 15. In other FASEA announcements, the body has progressed in scrapping ...

Sovereign wealth fund nabs AMP Capital talent

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUL 2021
... GIC was founded in 1981 and has approximately US$500 billion in assets under management. Naeimi departed AMP Capital in April, with a spokesperson telling Financial Standard his role was no longer required. He was portfolio manager of the Dynamic Markets ...

Be ready for negative rates: APRA to ADIs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2021
... APRA expects all ADIs to develop tactical solutions to implement zero or negative market interest rates and cash rate by 30 April 2022. This would cover all products and activities, except for lending products that don't reference such rates, like business ...

Vanguard lowers platform fees

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2021
... coming months that will help enhance the investing experience over time," he said. Vanguard launched Personal Investor in April last year to provide low-cost access to the firm's most popular products with a low minimum entry point of $500. "Vanguard ...

SelfWealth to add crypto trading

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2021
... Whitaker said. The trading platform first launched US shares in December 2020. Whitaker took up the chief executive position in April 2021, joining from Mercer's parent company Marsh McLennan.

Economic recap: Week to July 9

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2021
At its July 6 meeting, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) kept the cash rate unchanged at 0.1% and retained the April 2024 bond as "the bond for the yield target" - against speculation that it would roll this over to the November 2024 bond. At the ...

Advice engagement jumps during COVID-19

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUL 2021
... changed the financial services landscape forever, which canvassed nearly 400 advisers at the end of 2020 and in March and April 2021. ClearView general manager for life insurance Gerard Kerr said COVID-19 provided the jolt many industries and professions ...

Former AFA chief in new role

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUL 2021
... National Insurance Brokers Association (NIBA) from August 16. Kewin served as the AFA chief executive between March 2017 and April 2021. Prior to that, he was responsible for Zurich Australia's life, advice and investment business; his seven years ...

ASIC announces advice affordability findings

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUL 2021
... consumers (CP 332). The majority of the 466 respondents, who took part during consultations in November 2020 and then again in April 2021, said they want to use the term 'limited advice'. However, several barriers impede the provision of limited ...

Perks looks within for directors

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 5 JUL 2021
... will continue to bring great value to the firm, and our clients, in his new associate director role," Roderick said. In April, Perks' private wealth division appointed Ellerston Capital's chief investment officer Christo Hall as the chair of ...