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Female ASX200 chief executives drop

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2019
... roles like human resources, corporate affairs, legal and marketing. Chief Executive Women president Sue Morphet said: "With few exceptions, progress towards gender balance at the executive level is slow, and at the very top it has gone backwards." "There ...

Discounted LIC fund opens to all

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2019
... in the market ensure LICs trade at large discounts to net tangible assets. "Most investors concentrate their holdings in a few of the largest LIC's," Wilson said. "But the real opportunities, the places where we're finding bargains right now ...

Boutique to launch flagship fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2019
... director Adam Randall who told Financial Standard he and his team saw an opportunity to excel in the space. "There are very few really good small caps managers in Australia in the moment and those that are here are closed to new investors," he explained. ...

VanEck restructures three ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2019
... support increased demand for these three international ETFs, which have been sought after by Australian investors in the last few years as more people look to offshore opportunities," Neiron said. "The new structure continues to provide Australian investors ...

REP 515 divides advice community

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2019
... the current regulatory environment for advisers, Anderson looked at the myriad of legislative changes laid out over the next few years as part of the government's roadmap to implementing all of the Royal Commission's recommendations. Those changes ...

Train of legislation to hit advisers

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2019
... been caused by the unrelenting media coverage about certain bad behaviour has tarnished an entire sector of the community. "A few bad apples shouldn't diminish the quality of the entire crop," Bishop said. "The Royal Commission has been challenging and ...

Chief economist update: US yield curve pictorial

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2019
Worries over a US recession have waxed and waned over the past few months. Gentle readers would know that I subscribe to the yield curve that studies by the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland and New York prove to be the best predictor of a looming US ...

Pension fund to buy British Steel

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2019
... said in a statement. "Following discussions with a number of potential purchasers for the British Steel group over the past few weeks I am pleased to say I have now received an acceptable offer from Ataer Holdings A.S. for the purchase of the whole business ...

New Zealand maintains pension age

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2019
... New Zealanders aged 65 and over receive payments - otherwise known as the pension, National Super or Super. Over the next few decades however, the NZSF estimates the country's population will age significantly, as one in every four New Zealanders will ...

Chief economist update: What price Australian budget surplus?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2019
... announced the lifting of tariffs on US$200 billion worth of Chinese products from 10% to 25% starting the 10th of May, and a few months prior to the recent escalation of the US-China trade war. What price surplus? Frydenberg has to play the hand he's ...