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Tom Waterhouse now a fund manager

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2020
The horse racing scion is touting a managed fund that invests in gambling companies to wholesale investors. Waterhouse VCs gambling takes long-term stakes in listed and unlisted businesses related to gambling, focusing on three themes: dominant scale ...

ASIC delays RG97 again

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2020
The corporate regulator is delaying RG97 fee and disclosure requirements for two years as a result of COVID-19. ASIC said it is pushing back the timeframe when superannuation funds and managed investment product issuers are required to update their ...

FASEA adds exam sittings, approved subjects

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2020
FASEA has confirmed it will run six financial adviser exam sittings in 2021 at 31 locations across Australia, subject to COVID-19 restrictions. FASEA will hold exams from January 28 to February 2, March 25-30, May 20-25, July 15-20, September 9-14 and ...

Australian Unity profits plummet

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2020
Australian Unity has seen its profits plummet more than 70% compared to the previous financial year, with the group noting the impacts of COVID-19 saw it miss out on about $26 million in profit. Australian Unity reported a profit after income tax of ...

WAM wins Blue Sky bid, appoints directors

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2020
Shareholders of embattled alternatives investments company Blue Sky have voted in favour of joining the Wilson Asset Management stable at an extraordinary general meeting held yesterday afternoon. The investment company's name will be changed to WAM ...

Millennials jump on COVID-19 volatility

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2020
Millennial investors have been undeterred by market volatility due to COVID-19, according to new research conducted by Calastone. The results of a survey of people in Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, UK, US and Germany, found a correlation between ...

S&P downgrades AMP

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2020
AMP Limited and AMP Group have been hit with a credit downgrade from S&P. S&P downgraded AMP Limited and AMP Group Holdings from BBB to BBB-. AMP Bank also got a downgrade, from BBB+ to BBB. However, the outlook for AMP Group improved from "creditwatch ...

Winton fund looks to change fee structure

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2020
A $1.2 billion fund distributed locally by Macquarie Investment Management is seeking unitholder approval to change its fee structure. The Winton Global Alpha Fund takes long and short positions in exchange-traded futures and forward contracts of stock ...

First Super executive departs

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2020
First Super's executive manager of member and employer services has stepped down from his role, after just over a year with the industry super fund. Brad Weldon departed First Super last week, noting on LinkedIn he was leaving to focus on his health. ...

Majority of ERS applications double dippers

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2020
The majority of payments made through the government's Early Release of Super (ERS) scheme have been double dippers, according to the most recent APRA data. In the period from the scheme's inception until end of financial year, 2.54 million applications ...