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AAT affirms SMSF adviser ban

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2020
... director and owner of the company, and was also owner of Bateau Asset Management. ASIC suspended Ballast's AFSL in October until December 18 as it had ceased to carry on a financial services business. In 2015 another former authorised representative ...

Invesco advances active non-transparent ETF

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2020
... filed for an exemptive order to license Fidelity's active equity ETF methodology in July 2020, which was granted in October 2020. Once the recent application is approved, Invesco plans to utilise both the Fidelity active non-transparent equity model ...

Sunsuper ups TPD premiums

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2020
... overall increase for a member with default cover is about $1.36 per week or $70.72 per year. The $72 billion super fund (at October-end) recently announced several changes to its insurance offering, which included updating the TPD definition AIA insured ...

Chief economist update: Letter V going viral in Australia

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2020
... see?" The letter V is going viral in Australia (pardon the pun). It was most recently seen in the NAB Business Survey for October, underscored by the sharp rebound in business confidence and business conditions. Australian business confidence jumped ...

New York hedge fund invests in Thorney LIC

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2020
... came on board as substantial shareholder. It was priced at 35 cents a share, compared to 39.8 cent in pre-tax NTA for October. Woodson is a New York based fund that invests in global consumer and technology. It launched in 2010, with backing from Tiger ...

Majority of Aussies want SG rise: ASFA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2020
... commissioned by the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA). ASFA said 1375 Australians were surveyed in October by Utting Research about their views on superannuation, the Age Pension and standard of living expectations for retirement. ...

Ares readies second credit fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2020
... investing through market cycles," said Ares SSG ANZ chair John Knox. Los Angeles's Ares Management Corporation last October set up a joint venture with Challenger's Fidante Partners. Separately, Ares this month bid $1.85 per share (indicative) ...

Chief economist update: More money for reimposed lockdown

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2020
... Treasury and the central bank's move. Although still in expansion the composite PMI retreated to a reading of 52.1 in October from 56.5 in the previous month. The manufacturing PMI fell to 53.7 from 54.1 in September and the PMI for the services ...

State Super appoints acting CIO

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2020
The $43 billion State Super has appointed an acting chief investment officer, after Gary Gabriel left for VFMC at October end. State Super's deputy chief investment officer Charles Wu is acting as the CIO, as State Super looks for a permanent replacement. ...

AMP Capital ESG lead jumps to Platypus

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2020
... portfolio manager for AMP Capital Ethical Leaders funds has found a new role, after departing the troubled investment giant in October. Kristen Le Mesurier has been appointed head of ESG and engagement at Platypus Asset Management. She was with AMP Capital ...