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Members' interests bill sits on the precipice

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2019
... are almost through parliament. The House of Representatives moved to pass the Putting Members' Interests First bill on Monday, making insurance in super opt-in only for under-25s. The bill contains measures to prevent trustees from providing insurance ...

First Sentier hires Nikko executive

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 17 SEP 2019
... year for over $4 billion. The sale cleared all regulatory hurdles in July and CFSGAM was rebranded to First Sentier this Monday. The new name breaks the $223 billion asset management business's two-decade long association with the CFS name. But it keeps ...

Government fund seeks investment manager

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2019
... created by the government is on the lookout for an investment manager. The Australian Office of Financial Management AOFM on Monday opened the tenders for investment management services for the $2 billion Australian Business Securitisation Fund (ABSF). ...

Super sector needs to end culture war

KRISTI CHENG  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2019
... superannuation sector, saying the industry should refocus its energy on members. In his speech at the Rice Warner Symposium on Monday, Bragg condemned the lack of retail and wholesale competition in super funds, saying the focus of the sector has been ...

Magellan posts bumper profits, raising $275m

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 13 AUG 2019
Magellan Financial Group reported a 78% jump in its profit for the financial year ending June and announced a $275 million institutional raise for MFG shares this morning. Magellan's stable of well-performing equities funds are now managing an average ...

London Stock Exchange in talks to buy Refinitiv

KRISTI CHENG  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUL 2019
... have less than 30% of its voting rights. The announcement has seen LSE shares hit a record high, rising more than 15% on Monday to close at 6562 pence. Under the transaction terms, the LSE would continue to be chaired by Don Robert and led by chief executive ...

Much review about nothing

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2019
... another review." This is an extract from Financial Standard's upcoming special feature on Retirement Income, available Monday, July 15.

Antares portfolio manager departs

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2019
... at Antares is bidding farewell to the "linchpin" of its investment strategy. Richard Dixon's departure was announced on Monday, after almost three months of extended leave. Dixon leaves after nearly 12 years, and with an impressive track record with ...

Chief economist update: Another rate cut on the cards

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2019
What do we want! More rate cuts! The depreciation in the A$/US$ exchange rate to as low as US$0.6902 immediately after the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) - from US$0.6949 a day earlier - released its 'Labour Force' report for May ...

Australians retire too wealthy: Grattan

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2019
... Daley and Mercer senior partner David Knox debated the future of superannuation during the Actuaries Summit in Sydney on Monday. Daley took to the stage to explain the Grattan Retirement Income Projector (GRIP) modelling which found Australians retire ...