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Chief economist: The path to normality

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2021
... a question whose answer will determine future policy moves by the People's Bank of China (PBOC) and the Politburo. Retail sales, industrial production and fixed asset investment numbers for April suggest that China is gradually coming off the low ...

ASIC bans Theta managing director

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 MAY 2021
... scheme that invested in property targeting mums and dads. Between 20 May 2016 and 1 May 2018, Marie raised $16,710,669 from retail investors from five defective product disclosure statements for the trust that breached the Corporations Act. The documents ...

YFYS incentive to reduce fees: Hume

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAY 2021
... fees and now estimate it could be around 25 products underperforming," Hume said. "This isn't about industry funds versus retail funds. It is simply about underperformance." Hume added that if the test didn't include administration fees charged over ...

OPINION: Super for housing was the wrong policy fight

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021
... social security penalties. While it's a complex reform, the efficiencies it could create within Australia's oversaturated retail super product market might in time transform retail super and re-energise parts of the platform market. And not before ti ...

Dexus to acquire APN Property Group

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021
... estate securities funds and unlisted direct property funds, The transaction also expands our investor network to include retail and high net worth capital," Dexus chief executive Darren Steinberg said.

APRA approves MLC super takeover

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2021
... line with its strategic objective of simplifying the bank's structure. The transaction will turn IOOF into the largest retail wealth manager, with approximately $510 billion in funds under management or advice. The MLC super business has more than $173 ...

Schroders launches new fund

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2021
... presents an attractive opportunity for investors," he said. "It is also a market where over 80% of assets are owned by retail investors creating an opportunity for more experienced institutional investors to add alpha and this has been the case in recent ...

Former adviser cops eight-year ban

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2021
... representative Ahmed Saad pleaded guilty for dishonestly obtaining financial advantage by deception for his role in an illegal retail superannuation scheme. Saad pleaded guilty to one count of obtaining financial advantage by deception and one count ...

ANZ profits up 45%, dividends double

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2021
... customer selection in institutional..." Cash profit was $2.99 billion, up 28% from $2.3 billion in 2H20. In the Australian retail and commercial segment, ANZ became the third largest home lender after adding 92,000 new home loan accounts. In institutional ...

Australian Unity Bank hires sporting legend

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2021
... the Medal of the Order of Australia and was the 1992 Young Australian of the Year. Australian Unity chief executive for retail Christine Yates said that Perkins' combination of leadership, customer management, customer experience and operational delivery ...