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Modern Slavery Act needs strengthening: Panel

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2022
... landscape. "We're not seeing results and it's arguably getting worse," Bond said. "Data and practical experiences bear this out. With the updated Global Estimates of Modern Slavery, there will be new numbers that are larger than 40 million... ...

Colonial First State settles super class action for $56.3m

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2022
Colonial First State has settled a class action brought on behalf of approximately 100,000 super fund members who were allegedly rorted on fees. The class action alleged that CFS deliberately delayed transferring super fund members to the cheaper MySuper ...

Inquiry criticises gaps in CSLR

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 31 JAN 2022
... Limiting the scope of the CSLR to the financial advice and specific sub-sectors has also been widely slammed as advisers would bear a disproportionate amount of the costs. "The escalation of compliance costs and ASIC levies in the financial advice sector ...

US fund manager hires former Legg Mason executive

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 JAN 2022
... sophisticated market, and we acknowledge that, but we really think that our experience around the world can really come to bear in Australia, and in particular within the superannuation industry," she said at the time. Allspring executive chair and chief ...

Morningstar cuts fair value estimate for Magellan

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 21 DEC 2021
... raises to high from medium, as our scenario analysis incorporates net outflows amounting to between 25% (bull case) and 50% (bear case) of Magellan's November 2021 FUM. This yields valuations of between $23 and $51 per share."

New head of strategy at Crescent Group

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 6 DEC 2021
Crescent Group has appointed Islamic finance expert Sayd Farook to the head of strategy role, based in Sydney. His appointment comes as the group launches a five-year strategic plan to grow its assets under management to $5 billion by the end of 2026. ...

BetaShares changes custodian for hedge funds

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 26 NOV 2021
... Fund (ASX: GEAR), the BetaShares Geared US Equity Fund - Currency Hedged (ASX: GGUS) and the BetaShares US Equities Strong Bear Hedge Fund - Currency Hedged (ASX: BBUS). GEAR is internally geared, with all gearing obligations are met by the fund. The ...

PADUA closes capital raise

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 22 NOV 2021
... provided a $4 million investment while Microequities' Private to Beyond the IPO fund and PADUA's corporate advisors Tiger & Bear Partners also participated in the raise. The funding will enable the business to continue to ramp up its technology development ...

Supply chain issues push up retiree expenses

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2021
Retirees continue to bear the brunt of an expensive retirement fuelled by global supply chain issues. Retired couples and singles saw living expenses in their twilight years rise 1% in the September quarter, the latest Association of Superannuation ...

The search for income outside defensive assets

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2021
... five years and beyond, 100% of investors have generated a positive total return even if they bought right at the peak of a bear market." Doyle then referred to fixed income and defensive assets and highlighted investors are taking more risk than they ...