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First Sentier hires from AMP Capital

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2020
... "Celine's skills and experience will be invaluable in further strengthening the partnership with our clients." In October, First Sentier Investors was one of eight investor signatories to HESTA's 40:40 Vision campaign which aims to increase gender ...

ASIC defers portfolio holdings disclosure deadline

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2020
... account the fact that industry will need an appropriate transition time to implement the regime," the regulator said. In October last year, ASIC extended the relief, from the first reporting date of 31 December 2019 to 31 December 2020. At the time ...

Kiwi firm rejects AustralianSuper takeover bid

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2020
... "materially undervaluing IFT's high quality and unique portfolio of assets". AustralianSuper made its first bid on October 18 of NZ$6.40 per share, which includes a cash consideration of NZ$4.69 and in-specie distribution of 0.2210 for its subsidiary ...

Chief economist update: Japan's five minutes of sunshine

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2020
... in September. Updated monthly data indicate continued improvement with household spending rising by 1.9% in the year to October - the first positive annual growth rate since September 2019. This is in line with the 6.4%year-on-year growth in retail sales ...

MLC names head of retail distribution

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2020
... manager at Fidelity International. Keenan's appointment follows that of a new head of institutional distribution in October. Read Taylor Price joined MLC Asset Management in the role from Fisher Investments where he was head of Australasia. Price's ...

Link takeover heats up

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2020
... closed at $4.96 on December 7 and jumped as high as 13% to $5.61 mid-morning, the day after SS&C announced its interest. On October 28, Link rejected the $5.40 per share offer made by the PEP-Carlyle consortium, but flagged that it continues to engage ...

Chief economist update: Greed is good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2020
... more a factor of more workers giving up on looking for work - the participation rate decreased to 61.5% from 61.7% in October. Moreover, the household survey showed that the number of people reporting they still have a job but not at work due to illness ...

Director charged with dishonest conduct

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2020
... for his own benefit by using funds invested with the company to purchase shares for himself in a security company. In October, the Federal Court ordered the winding up of Secure Investments and Aquila Group after Naseeruddin breached the Corporations ...

ASIC consults on consumer remediation

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2020
... fair is central to consumer confidence and trust in financial products and services and in the firms themselves." Since October 2019, it has been confirmed that about $1.68 billion has been returned to consumers in relation to both finalised and ongoing ...

Retail default fund tops performance table

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2020
A retail MySuper fund delivered the best returns in the three years to October, the latest Rainmaker league table shows, but on an aggregate industry superannuation funds outranked peers. Australian Ethical Super's balanced accumulation fund (6.7% ...