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Platform business in administration

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2020
... Johnson tendered his resignation in February this year. He bought back Wealthtrac from Spitfire in a management buyout in April, funded by debt. "Wealthtrac's business is primarily super and pension, and Spitfire put on the backburner developing a super ...

Chief economist update: The wages of COVID-19

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2020
... Institute Index of Consumer Sentiment fell 9.5% to 79.5 in August from 87.9 in July-- close to the 75.6 reading recorded in April 2020 (the lowest in the survey's 47-year history). The latest survey doesn't bear good tidings for wages with the ...

IOOF, LUCRF Super on ERS workload

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2020
... work. "These early payments brought a considerable volume of transactions to our organisation in the volatile period of April and May and this is still continuing," he said. "Overall, the transactions and volume of enquiries has increased considerably. ...

Catherine Brenner case dropped

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR, ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2020
... than 50 - significantly less than 50," Crennan replied. Brenner resigned as chair of AMP and stepped down from the board in April 2018 in the wake of the Royal Commission. "As chair, I am accountable for governance. I have always sought to act in the ...

Boutique launches multi-asset fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2020
... strategy of the NZ version, which Milford says is the largest multi-asset fund in New Zealand and has been running since April, 2010. Its current benchmark is the official cash rate plus 2.5% per year. Since the 2010 launch, it has returned 10.55% p.a. ...

MLC Wealth hires risk chief from QIC

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2020
... Baxter to its chief risk role. A spokesperson for the company said Baxter has left the company. "Mark Baxter left MLC in April after making the decision to leave to focus on his health and wellbeing after a period of illness," the spokesperson said.

ERS doesn't justify higher SG: Grattan

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2020
... lost their job or had their hours or trading income cut by 20% or more to withdraw up to $10,000 from their super between April and June, and up to another $10,000 between July and December. More than 500,000 people have cleared out their super accounts ...

Chief economist update: Good US employment news is not so good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2020
... Management (ISM) manufacturing and non-manufacturing indices continued to improve after dropping to the 11-year lows in April. The ISM manufacturing index rose to a reading of 54.2 in July from 52.6 in June and 43.1 on May. The ISM non-manufacturing ...

ASX reviewing CHESS replacement feedback

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2020
... representing 92% of the 96 CHESS users. About 91% of these respondents can meet the go-live date for a CHESS replacement in April 2022, with only a few exceptions who have requested more information on particular issues. CHESS users are organisations ...

Chief economist update: The V in recovery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2020
Were it not for the "second wave" now doing the rounds in a number of cities around the world, the letter "V" would now be standing for "victory" against the war on COVID-19. The gradual easing of restrictions has unfrozen social and business activity ...