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ASIC releases fee consent instrument

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2021
... legislative instruments to regulate advice fee consents and lack of independence disclosures, as part of the government's response to the Royal Commission. The first of the three sets the requirements that written consent from a fee recipient must be ...

ASIC okay with virtual AGMs

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAR 2021
... AGMs to be allowed until November 2020 but extended it to March 2020. This was set in Corporations (Coronavirus Economic Response) Determination (No. 3) 2020, which expired on March 21. "It is important that business has certainty in the current environment. ...

Nuveen drives global ESG capabilities

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAR 2021
... supporting the team's approach to sensitively managing farmland investments. Based in London, she will support Westchester's response to rising investor demand for carbon neutral portfolios, providing scalable, natural solutions to counter climate change ...

Chief economist update: What a difference an Australian year makes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2021
"For all those times you stood by me... You're the one who held me up Never let me fall You're the one who saw me through it all." -Celine Dion What a difference a year makes, ey? The year 2020 started out disastrous (literally) for the country ...

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

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAR 2021
... China's economy to expand by 8.1% this year due to "effective containment measures, a forceful public investment response, and central bank liquidity support. But Premier Li is looking beyond the year 2021, explaining that the current target is "well-aligned ...

Synchron demands clarity from insurers

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021
Financial advice dealer group Synchron is urging life insurers to clarify their responses to the new unfair contract terms regime. The new regime will come into effect from 5 April 2021, requiring many policies to be corrected. "Our understanding is ...

Former Wallaby departs Westpac for NAB

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAR 2021
... recent role led a team of over 200 in New South Wales and Queensland. Prior to this, Waugh was the bank's head of COVID-19 response and was responsible for the design, implementation, delivery of government-initiated business packages and stimulus programs ...

Buffett doesn't want to report on diversity, climate

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAR 2021
... reduction targets, consistent with limiting climate change to well-below 2C," according to filings. Berkshire's board, in its response, said it did not believe such an annual report was necessary, referring to decentralised management of the conglomerate's ...

Economic recovery has been stronger than expected: Lowe

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 15 MAR 2021
... digital capability are critical to our future prosperity. These investments allow better decision making and a faster response to the changes in our economy and society."

Boutique buys back Montgomery stake

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2021
... admired. We certainly think we have the ability to identify outstanding investment products for Australian," he said in response to if the firm aims to build a multi-boutique business. Montgomery's head of distribution Scott Phillips said the firm ...