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US regulator settles with Ares

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2020
Ares Management LLC, which has a joint venture with Challenger's Fidante Partners in Australia via a related company, has paid US$1 million to settle charges alleging it traded in a portfolio company based on non-public information while an employee ...

Adviser banned for five years

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2020
... an appropriate strategy for each of his clients," ASIC said. "He also did not adequately investigate or offer any alternative investment strategies that may have provided greater diversification of risks." ASIC also found that when providing insurance ...

Super not sacred: Rice Warner

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2020
... (held by those with more than the $1.6m pension transfer balance) could be taxed at (say) 15%," Rice said. "One easier alternative might be to tax fund earnings at a higher rate as this is less visible than personal taxes," he said. "The obvious way ...

Outsourced trading set to boom

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2020
As merger activity propels the size of some of the nation's super funds, outsourcing could emerge as the answer to cheaper, quicker and more scalable trading. According to State Street, outsourced trading can help super funds and asset managers ...

Balanced funds fundamentally flawed

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2020
... consider a more fundamentally-diversified managed fund not over-reliant upon growth risk, which can be used as an alternative asset within a broader strategic asset allocation or as a standalone medium-term absolute return investment."

Switching prompts fund to alter allocations

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2020
Qantas Super has altered asset allocations across all its investment options in response to COVID-19, market volatility and a high number of members switching options. The $8.5 billion corporate superannuation fund said that the changes would improve ...

Sentiment weakens as macro threats loom

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
... Natixis Australia managing director and head of distribution Louise Watson sees opportunities in fixed income and alternative assets - including credit and real estate. "On the fixed income side, our affiliate manager Loomis Sayles has developed a credit ...

Gender diversity improves, cultural diversity falls: Research

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2020
A new report surveying 296 of Australia's listed companies has highlighted the strides made in diversity at a board level, as well as those needing significant improvement. The Board Diversity index, published by the Governance Institute of Australia ...

Powerwrap inks strategic partnership

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2020
Powerwrap is now the global administration partner of a New York based alternative investments platform provider. The Australian platform provider has inked a deal to be administration partner of Qualis Capital. The firm is new on the scene, and plans ...

Willis Towers Watson ushers in the future of work

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2020
The global advisory and brokerage firm has announced the launch of an artificial intelligence driven software that will help companies rethink and redesign their workforce amid the current uncertain environment. Based upon the firm's 'reinventing jobs' ...