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Catholic, Equip SFT to see Fairley exit

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUN 2021
... SPC, Fairley's orchard produces about 100 tonnes of fruit per year and is now a boutique premium producer. "I'm not short of things to do and I have no interest in going home to mow the lawns," he said. But for any super fund chiefs or chairs ...

ASIC takes on NAB for fee-for-no service breaches

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUN 2021
... said. "We and the bank deeply regret that the contraventions that have occurred and we accept that the conduct has fallen short of what the broader commuting expects of it." The hearing continues.

Calls for Royal Commission into housing

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2021
... experts believed that high mortgage debts, reflecting high house prices, raise instability risks for the economy and 85% think short term interest rate policies are insufficient to support macroeconomic stability. Overall household debt has risen substantially ...

ASIC releases ongoing fee obligations guidance

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2021
The corporate regulator is providing more guidance to financial advisers to help them prepare for their upcoming ongoing fee obligations, due to take effect in less than two weeks. ASIC's Information Sheet (INFO 256) outlines the burning questions advisers ...

Maine forces pension funds to dump fossil fuels

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2021
... largest publicly traded fossil fuel companies". The fund must also divest any such holdings by 1 January 2026. However, short-term investment funds that blend commercial paper or futures are exempt from the restrictions. The bill, which was supported ...

Chief economist update: How do you solve a problem like Australia's housing?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2021
... have the "Great Australian Dream" turn into reality. And that, Virginia, is a place we can call home. It's a dollar short (several thousands -millions? -- in fact) and a day late but the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) recently released ...

AMP Capital announces new chief executive

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2021
... time AMP announced Johnson's appointment, it also confirmed the institution will be without a chief executive for a short period. Outgoing chief executive Francesco De Ferrari will depart on 30 June 2021 but Alexis George will not take up the position ...

LIC restructures to ETMF

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUN 2021
... of jobs. Clitheroe is still a substantial investor in the fund, with approximately half a million dollars in it. The long/short actively managed ETMF has a management fee of 1.38% per annum, a performance fee of RBA cash rate plus 5% with high water ...

IFM Investors named in class action

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 7 JUN 2021
IFM Investors has been named in a class action regarding the Colonial Pipeline, which the industry fund investment house acquired in 2007 as part of a consortium. The class action was filed in the United States District Court in the Northern District ...

ASIC increases short selling surveillance

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2021
ASIC is putting short sellers on notice, warning them that any information released on a target company must be accurate and objective. The corporate watchdog outlined several areas that it will keep an eye on in the newly released Information Sheet ...