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ASIC, APRA issues more FAR guidance

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2024
APRA and ASIC have released more information about the Financial Accountability Regime (FAR) in preparation for the March 15 launch date. The regulators unveiled several key materials for the financial services sector, which were under consultation ...

Pendal shutters costly equity fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2024
Pendal is terminating one of its funds, saying that it was too expensive to operate, 11 years on from its launch. The Pendal Geared Imputation Fund will cease to exist on March 26, the fund manager told investors, as its "small size means that it has ...

Government consults on options to improve performance test

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2024
The government is seeking feedback on alternative superannuation performance test designs after criticism about unintended investment consequences. In considering potential reform options, the primary focus is on improving member outcomes through an ...

Perpetual adds director, institutional business

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2024
High-profile investment executive Kate Hillyar has joined Perpetual Asset Management's institutional business team. Hillyar arrives from alternative asset manager HMC Capital, where she worked for 18 months as a director of institutional capital. ...

ASX-listed companies flock to private markets

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2024
The latest ASX monthly activity report shows a trend of more delistings than new market entries, indicative of a shift towards private markets. The total ASX-listed companies dropped from 2289 in February last year to 2183 in February 2024, a near 1% ...

Female fund managers boast 1.2% alpha

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2024
Female fund managers generate 1.2% alpha on average compared to the broader population, a new analysis from Morningstar shows. The assessment of 62 portfolio management teams led by women were able to achieve 0.89% in alpha annualised over five years ...

New campaign pushes for reproductive leave

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2024
... potentially forfeiting about $60,000 in retirement savings. About 160,000 women enter menopause each year in Australia. "As a direct result of menopause, around 20,000 Australian women will at some point switch from full-time to part-time work, around ...

Alex Dunnin bids farewell to Rainmaker

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2024
After 26 years, Rainmaker Information's co-founder and Financial Standard 's resident superannuation guru is going back to school - kind of. Today marks Rainmaker executive director, research Alex Dunnin's final day with the business, retiring from ...

GQG reports US$10.5bn increase in FUM

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2024
GQG Partners has reported a US$10.5 billion increase in funds under management (FUM) from January 31 to February 29. The boutique fund manager's international equity strategy, its largest, moved from US$49.2 billion to $52.9 billion. Its emerging ...

ASX settles $1.05m fine for transparency failures

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2024
... system configuration and ASX's inability to detect and address the issue promptly were aggravating factors. Although no direct financial losses were linked to the misconduct, ASIC emphasised that the resulting damage to public confidence in the market ...