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Watermark LIC seeks restructure

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2020
... Financial Review, which called attention to ALF's discount to NTA and called its recent financial performance "woeful". ALF is urging shareholders to vote in favour of the restructure and gave 10 February 2021 as the indicative implementation date. Watermark ...

BlackRock clamps down on work romances

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2020
BlackRock is urging its employees to disclose their involvement in office romances, as well as intimate relationships with anyone associated with the US$7.4 trillion asset manager, in a bid to crack down on conflicts of interest. BlackRock staff members ...

Female ASX 200 chiefs fall

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2020
... female chief executives in the ASX 200 has fallen over the last two years to just 10, with a not-for-profit organisation urging that "we can, and must, do better". The Chief Executive Women ASX 200 Senior Executive Census is now in its fourth year, and ...

Adviser demands answers from Media Super

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2020
... his private message to Griffin, so he decided to make a public post. "I finally sent you Tony Griffin a personal message urging you to take action because the member is so badly mentally injured she is suicidal and at risk of homelessness," Johns said ...

Technology can ease adviser red tape: Academic

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2020
... proliferation of products on the market that is giving "an illusion of choice" hence leading to much complexity, she said, urging FPAs to embrace digital innovation in the products piece and the fact-finding stage as a starting point. The industry must ...

ASIC warns Indigenous Australians over scams

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2020
In light of the National Scams Awareness Week, the corporate regulator is urging Indigenous Australians to be wary of scams. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission is one of the agencies responsible for the National Indigenous Consumer ...

Take your CAPE ratio with a grain of salt

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2020
... the next year." Similarly, other industry leaders argue the ratio's new high should be taken with a grain of salt - urging investors to steer clear from using Shiller's ratio to guide decision making. "Definitely do not use the CAPE ratio to ...

FSC calls for scaled advice model

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2020
... currency election to certain trusts and partnerships. The FSC also recommended an overhaul of legacy technology systems, urging the government to establish a rationalisation framework to encourage financial services companies to invest in close legacy ...

ASIC puts investment managers on notice over valuations

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2020
... price. If not, the responsible entity may need to temporarily suspend entry and exit from the fund," ASIC said. ASIC is urging entities to ensure that valuations are reasonably current and regular, performed using appropriate methods and assumptions ...

Super funds slapped over smoker premiums

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020
... compensation." Trustees that have committed to remediating members are heeding the lessons of the Royal Commission, Press said, urging them to pursue outcomes for members in line with community expectations. "Superannuation funds play an important role ...