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Top equities managers revealed

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2020
... Greencape Broadcap Fund was also one of the top performers over the past 12 months, with exposures to consumer staples and materials (and a quality/growth bias). Value managers tended to underperform over the past 12 months, with fund's Allan Gray Australian ...

OneVue scores admin mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2020
... operating businesses' proceeds, where the Federal Court on June 17 extended the deadline for submission of supporting materials for the creditors' claims to July 24. The matter will return to court on August 21. Meanwhile, OneVue's major shareholders ...

CBA donates $2m to community charities

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2020
... Bank Staff Community grant enables us to continue this valuable work and transition our face-to-face course content and materials online to ensure the community keeps learning and stays connected during this challenging time." Operating for over 60 years ...

Which is the most important letter in ESG?

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2020
... more important to some sectors than others," the report found. "The E score was a significant differentiator in the materials, healthcare and energy sectors; the S score was significant mainly in the energy, utilities and communication services sectors." ...

ASIC quietly granted new access to phone taps

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2020
... that can intercept phone calls will increase. ASIC has been working towards getting the power to receive intercepted materials for years, publishing an enforcement review position paper in 2017 which proposed the powers it has now been granted. In that ...

Sole purpose test poses SMSF rent relief issue

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2020
... incorporate discounting rent, deferring rent or both." SMSF landlords could structure their relief against benchmarking materials of what relief is being granted in the rental market by arm's length parties for similar properties, SISFA said. It highlighted ...

Capital retention policies may hit investors: Research

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2020
... COVID-19 than other developed markets. A decline in aggregate demand from China is likely to affect earnings in the materials sector, at least in the short term," Walsh pointed out. "Our modelling also shows real estate - especially retail - is at risk ...

New course helps advisers recognise financial abuse

JULIA NEWBOULD  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2020
... Australia and NZ before moving into Asia, then the rest of the world. The course will be delivered online with the learning materials, video case studies and assessment all available via the Standards International portal. At this stage, it is estimated ...

ESG-themed funds fall short of expectations

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2020
... overweight to the healthcare and technology sectors that have low-carbon risk, while having virtually no exposure to materials and energy." Morningstar said. "Whilst we note that Hyperion Asset Management has a detailed ESG Policy and Framework, its ...

Colonial First State closes global fund

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2020
... month of March down -12.8%, the fund manager revealed what exposures lifted and dragged the strategy down. "Energy and materials contributed to returns, whereas financials and utilities detracted the most significantly," Acadian said. "At the regional ...