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Global investment firm appoints new head of distribution

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2020
T. Rowe Price has announced a new head of distribution to succeed Murray Brewer who will retire at the end of 2020 after 14 years with the firm. Darren Hall has been appointed the new head of distribution for Australia and New Zealand, effective 28 ...

March ASX200 volatility worse than GFC

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
The Australian stock market showed greater intraday volatility in March than it did during the peaks of the Global Financial Crisis, according to new research from Allan Gray. Nine trading days in March showed volatility above 10% for S&P/ASX 200, with ...

AMP NZ wealth divestment off

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020
AMP will no longer divest its New Zealand wealth management business, after it did not receive any offers that met the company's expectations. It also pointed to the economic and market disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic as a reason for ...

AFSL pleads guilty to mishandling client money

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
In the first case of its kind in Australia, an AFSL is facing criminal prosecution for mishandling client monies, and has pleaded guilty. Pershing Securities Australia Pty Ltd (PSAL) pleaded guilty at the Downing Centre Local Court in Sydney to mishandling ...

QSuper not to appeal AFCA win

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
The $110 billion superannuation fund has decided to not appeal a Federal Court order upholding an AFCA decision but says it creates further obligations for superannuation trustees. In April, QSuper's board appealed unsuccessfully to the Federal ...

MySuper bounces back

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2020
While the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic has demolished the return expectations of investors for the year, new analysis shows MySuper products have managed to turn things around. Latest Rainmaker research shows MySuper products offered by not-for-profit ...

Chief economist update: No escaping the inverted yield curve

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2020
"Flattening the curve". This is the overriding aim of governments and health officials everywhere when they implemented or advise social isolation, social distancing limits and lockdown measures. Many have (or are beginning to) flattened their respective ...

Adviser bans fall

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
ASIC has revealed it adviser bans dropped by more than half in the second half of 2019, from 103 to 48. The figures were released in the regulator's half yearly ASIC Enforcement Update along with an outline of its enforcement strategy for 2020. However ...

Oil tanks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2020
Wouldn't it be nice to buy a house in Denmark was what I thought when I read the news that Jyske Bank - the country's third-largest bank - announced in August last year that it would pay home borrowers 0.5% per annum to take out a mortgage. Sweet! And ...

QSuper board takes AFCA decision to court

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
QSuper has appealed against an AFCA decision favouring a member complaint seeking a refund on insurance premiums in the Federal Court. QSuper member Tommy Lam last year successfully complained to the Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) ...