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Mainstream bidding war over

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 28 JUN 2021
... inflows delivered a 21% uptick in FUA from the previous quarter. The administrator currently has 348 clients and 1042 funds at March end, up 1% (five net new clients) and 13% (162 net new funds) respectively from the December quarter. Apex Group delivers ...

Chief economist update: Japan still waiting for the sun to rise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 JUN 2021
The upward revision to Japan's March quarter GDP growth - to an annualised rate of 3.9% (from the preliminary estimate of 5.1%) - provides cold comfort to an economy that remains stuck in a rut and continues to reel from the coronavirus pandemic. ...

Virtual company meetings to stay

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUN 2021
... until 16 July 2021. The government initially planned for virtual AGMs to be allowed until November 2020 but extended it to March 2020. This was set in Corporations (Coronavirus Economic Response) Determination (No. 3) 2020, which expired on March 21. ...

Chief economist update: UK not there yet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUN 2021
... index closed half a percent higher on the day - up 10.1% this year to date and up 42.4% from the pandemic low plumbed in March last year - aided by the dip in the pound sterling's exchange rate and the fall in the yield on 10-year UK bonds. The British ...

Advisers who failed FASEA exam granted extension

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2021
... successfully sat the exam- you are part of a high quality, professional industry of which we can all be proud," she said. The March FASEA exam results show that a total of 69% of candidates passed, slightly better than the 67% January sitting pass ra ...

Westpac backs out of NZ demerger plans

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2021
... business after reviewing the feasibility of the 160-year-old division and the impact of increased capital requirements. In March, the bank flagged that it was in early stages of reviewing Westpac New Zealand (WNZL) as regulatory requirements in New Zealand ...

Coolabah lists fund on Chi-X

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 21 JUN 2021
... analyst Ying Yi Ann Cheng said. The unlisted strategy has returned it has returned 5.35% per annum after retail fees, since March 2017 inception. "That's 1.37% above the Composite Bond Index's 3.98% per annum return. It ranks in the top two strategies ...

Advisers turn to ETFs during COVID

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 21 JUN 2021
... investments, he said. Overall, some 28% of new accounts opened with AUSIEX during the lockdown period invested in ETFs during March to November 2020, AUSIEX's new paper Australia's trading transformation paper revealed. This fell slightly to ...

Aware Super, MIRA acquisition progresses

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 21 JUN 2021
... scheme. MIRA had previously made a bid for Vocus in February before Aware Super joined the deal later that month. Back in March, Vocus agreed to the scheme implementation deed. At the time, Vocus managing director and chief executive Kevin Russel said ...

Chief economist update: Chinese activity indicators disappoint but growth target intact

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 JUN 2021
... 17.0% print. The annual growth in industrial production slowed to 8.8% in May from 9.8% in the previous month, 14.1% in March and 35.1% in February. Again, this is less than market expectations for a gentle slowing to a 9.2% year-on-year rate. Three ...