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abrdn terminates funds amid transition

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 20 FEB 2023
... Global Absolute Return Strategies Fund, launched in 2009 and with $16 million in FUM, and the abrdn Emerging Market Local Currency Debt Fund, which was launched in 2019 and has $13 million, will also be closed. Again, abrdn said neither fund is expected ...

Australia survives global pension rout

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2023
... corrections in both fixed income and equity markets. However, Australia was less impacted, experiencing a 0.1% CAGR in local currency. Australia's relatively unscathed pension assets were chiefly because of super funds strategic reduction in bond ...

ASIC bans Gold Coast businessman

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2023
... financial products without a licence by arranging for his clients to acquire and dispose of financial products, being foreign currency CFDs. It also found Finerty misled clients about the performance of Robot 1 and directed or assisted clients to mislead ...

Perpetual reports $1.2bn loss amid merger

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2023
... from the prior period. It attributed the increase to positive market movements which were partially offset by negative currency movements and outflows. In an announcement to the ASX, Perpetual confirmed the approved "transformational acquisition of Pendal ...

Strengths and weaknesses in DC systems: Comparison

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 13 JAN 2023
... principal John Mitchem noted that the US system is fragmented across social security, the treasury, comptroller of the currency, the consumer financial protection bureau and the department of Labor which oversees ERISA-regulated retirement finance. In ...

World Bank warns of a sharp global growth decline

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JAN 2023
... decelerate from 3.8% in 2022 to 2.7% in 2023. This reflects significantly weaker external demand compounded by high inflation, currency depreciation, tighter financing conditions and other domestic headwinds, the World Bank said. World Bank Prospects ...

Hostplus defies inflation fears

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 28 NOV 2022
... Nevertheless, Sicilia says there are times when falling in line with peers is smart. All funds have an aversion to large currency swings. The currency markets are hazardous because volatility is notoriously hard to predict. "And you could be killed because ...

ASIC sues crypto fintech over unlicensed advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2022
... in Federal Court against Block Earner, an authorised representative of Flash Partners and AUSTRAC-registered digital currency exchange. It offered a range of fixed-yield earning products based on crypto-assets, with names including USD Earner, Gold Earner ...

Colonial First State debuts 'major wealth platform innovation'

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2022
... Q1 2023, enhancements will expand the breadth of CFS investment offerings to include international equities, foreign currency, margin lending and unique wholesale options. In developing the platform, CFS said it consulted with a wide range of advisers ...

ASIC suspends FTX Australia's licence

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2022
... been appointed as voluntary administrators of FTX Australia and its subsidiary FTX Express, which operates a digital currency exchange that's not regulated by ASIC. In the United States, FTX Trading, West Real Shires Services (trading as FTX US) ...

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Ausfood Super appoints chief executive

ELIZABETH FRY
Australian Food Super, the superannuation fund set up for employees in the meat industry, has named Michael Sykes as its new CEO.

mFunds sparked ASX outage, $1m credit issued

KARREN VERGARA  |   12:23PM
The ASX said the outage from last month largely stemmed from the now-defunct mFunds and will subsequently credit participants $1 million to make amends.

Aussie shares cost 8% more on rebalance days: Dimensional

KARREN VERGARA  |   12:22PM
Investing in the S&P/ASX 300 on a day it rebalances puts an 8% premium on share prices, a phenomenon that follows major global indices, new research from Dimensional Fund Advisors finds.

Rest appoints first-ever chief of staff

ANDREW MCKEAN  |   12:40PM
Rest has appointed a senior wealth management leader and superannuation expert from Insignia Financial to take the reins as chief of staff.

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