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AMP to fight class actions, prioritise performance

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAY 2018
AMP confirmed it will vigorously defend two class action lawsuits brought against it by shareholders in the wake of the Financial Services Royal Commission. In an ASX announcement on the morning of its AGM, AMP stated it had been served with two class ...

MAX Awards: Voting opens

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAY 2018
Financial Standard readers now have the opportunity to vote for the 2018 MAX Awards, recognising the leading marketing, advertising and sales professionals within financial services. Following nominations, 110 finalists have been named across 22 categories. ...

Acorns rebrands, issues prospectus

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAY 2018
The micro-investment platform formerly known as Acorns Grow Australia is one step closer to listing on the ASX as the rebranded Raiz Invest. Raiz lodged its prospectus aiming to raise more than $15 million, eyeing a target listing date of 21 June 2018. ...

CBA cops $25 million for BBSW rigging

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2018
Commonwealth Bank will fork out $25 million to settle its bank bill swap rate rigging scandal, adding to the bank's pile of settlement payouts. CBA will acknowledge it "attempted to engage in unconscionable conduct in breach of the ASIC Act" while trading ...

Chief economist update: We're headed for surplus (if assumptions hold)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2018
No one can escape it, even if we try. The media - radio, TV, print, social - is full of it. Reports, assessments, and implications of Australia's Federal Budget 2018-19. There's the usual flood of "Budget winners and losers" and the "what's in it for ...

Infrastructure receives $24.5 billion injection

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2018
The Federal Government last night promised to inject $24.5 billion into new infrastructure projects, a move which could create opportunities for infrastructure investors and managers in the future. In his Budget speech, Treasurer Scott Morrison said ...

Insto investment committees step away from status quo

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
QSuper and TCorp believe sequential investment models at large asset owners are past their used-by date and investment committees must be delegating day-to-day investment decisions. The two institutional investors use what is known as the total portfolio ...

What the associations want from Budget 2018

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
When the clock strikes half past seven and Treasurer Scott Morrison starts to read his speech, here is what Australia's major financial services associations will be hoping for. Financial Planning Association (FPA) In a 45-page pre-budget submission ...

Pension funds must recognise stewardship licence: WTW

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2018
There's an investment management view that too little is being spent globally on asset owner stewardship. An expert in the area says the world's largest pension and sovereign wealth funds must see corporate sustainability from the viewpoint that it's ...

Moving on up to target

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2018
It's getting closer and closer - the inflation measure that the US Federal Reserve tracks in assessing monetary policy direction is just a pip short of its 2% target. The core PCE price index increased by 1.9% in the year to March, a significant increase ...