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ASA to vote against AMP remuneration

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2019
The Australian Shareholders Association is set to take a swing against AMP at the wealth manager's AGM next week. ASA will vote against AMP's remuneration report at its annual general meeting next Thursday, as it harbours ongoing concerns about culture ...

Argo Investments attacks Labor franking policy

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2018
... voices the objections of the firm. Argo's public posturing on the issue comes after the Australian Shareholders Association (ASA) made its own submission to the committee, adding the policy would only serve to penalise retirees who saw fit to invest ...

University students to run hedge fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2018
An industry-backed hedge fund has launched at the University of New South Wales, where students will run a concentrated long-short portfolio of ASX 300 stocks with ESG filters. Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) general manager Michael ...

Beer tap runs dry for $2 billion manager

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2018
A $2 billion manager - which at one point had 22% of its total equities portfolio invested in beer stocks - sold off the last of its positions in the brewing industry as it sees valuations peaking. Brewing company valuations shot up as a wave of consolidations ...

Labor's imputation credit reform cops industry backlash

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2018
... of super, leaving more people reliant on a taxpayer funded retirement, she said. The Australian Shareholders' Association (ASA) also strongly opposed "tweaking the tax system." The proposed changes will penalise investors who prefer high dividend-paying ...

Whitehelm appointment and acquisition

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2016

Plus ca change

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2015
... without saying where it got the information." We know what happened then...Greece's deadline extended to this month. "Plus ASa change, plus c'est la mAame chose."

Fund manager fees too high: David Neal

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2015
... $117 billion sovereign wealth fund continues to rely on "strongA partnershipsA withA managersA under arrangementsA that areA asA costA effectiveA andA wellA alignedA asA possible." He added that the benefits of a strong "one team, one portfolio" culture ...

Breathing space or gasping room?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2015
... they're now called the "institutions" - the one it has successfully (?) negotiated to extend over this weekend passed. "Plus ASa change..." We won! We won! In a televised statement last Saturday, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras declared, "Yesterday ...

Dip-buying pays

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2014
... is, "presumably yes". On second thought, make that "logically yes" for what does it profit the Fed if the markets tank? Plus ASa change...