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Results of ASIC MDA review imminent

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2019
... conducts the kind of research it is doing around MDAs. "The way they do a review like this, the Courts Act gives them the power to send you a notice which asks you to answer some questions or produce some documents and the fact that they've served that ...

Crunch time for boutique funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2019
... guarantee of success; earlier this year Discovery's backer decided to retire. The $2.9 trillion super system holds more power than ever before. And it is not afraid to exercise it, switching to passive or factor-based strategies, building in-house ...

Super trustees must do better: Byres

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2019
APRA will soon need to have some difficult conversations with poorly performing superannuation funds, according to chair Wayne Byres. Speaking at a Gilbert + Tobin event in Sydney this week, Byres said the ability of the prudential regulator to hold ...

Thousands strike from work for climate

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2019
... business as usual. We need to put boots on the ground and help solve the climate crisis, and by coming together we all have the power to be part of the solution to solve the moral challenge of our generation." In time with the strike today, Australian ...

IFM Investors boss to retire

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 19 SEP 2019
Brett Himbury, the chief executive of the $148 billion industry-super-owned fund manager, is retiring after a decade in the role in a surprise announcement made this morning. Himbury will retire from executive roles effective December 2020. IFM Investors ...

Banks face imminent disruption

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 19 SEP 2019
The banks are facing big problems, according to Catherine Wood, chief executive of ARK Invest. Wood was asked at a Nikko Asset Management event how she considered banks to be positioned for the future. "Banks anywhere in the world have a big problem ...

FinPal and MiiiA merge, announce rebrand

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 16 SEP 2019
... financial services businesses that leverage Microsoft's business applications and cloud platform, including Dynamics 365, Power BI, Azure and PowerApps.

Chief economist update: Fed future move depends on dollar direction

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 SEP 2019
... INTEREST COST COULD BE BROUGHT WAY DOWN, while at the same time substantially lengthening the term. We have the great currency, power, and balance sheet..." "The USA should always be paying the lowest rate. No Inflation! It is only the naivete of Jay ...

Government moves to expand design, distribution laws

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2019
Consultation is open for exposure draft regulations extending the Federal government's design and distribution obligations. The government has released updated design and distribution obligations, which now extend to investor directed portfolio services ...

IFM Investors hires executive director

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2019
The $140 billion investment house has hired from Russell Investments' institutional sales team to fill a newly-created executive director role. Nicki Ashton joined as IFM's head of Australia, global relationship group on September 3. She will ...