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Thousands exit Westpac raise

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2019
More than 3300 Westpac investors decided to exit the bank's recent share placement plan, taking close to $70 million with them. Westpac has smashed through its target of $500 million on its way to raising $770 million of investor capital, and the big ...

IOOF, ANZ transaction gets green light

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2019
APRA has approved IOOF's application to purchase ANZ's superannuation business. The decision to allow the purchase of OnePath Custodians and Oasis Funds Management comes from APRA after it was granted the legislative power to approve or refuse an application ...

Chief economist update: Eurozone negative rates a failure?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2019
"Give me a one-handed economist. All my economists say 'on one hand...', then 'but on the other..." - Harry Truman The AFR recently published an opinion piece from Kate Samranvedhya - a Bachelor of Science in Economics graduate from Massachusetts ...

Chief economist update: It's Christmas time in the city

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2019
"Oh the weather outside is frightful..." While a "phase one" deal between the US and China appears to be close (again), it's still prudent not to write-off the possibility of a re-escalation in the tariff wars given Trump's recent targeting ...

K2 head of distribution departs

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2019
K2 Asset Management's head of distribution has left the company, as it posts its first pre-tax loss in two decades and shuts down a global equities fund. Nicholas Allen left the role in October, to join listed property manager APN Group. At APN ...

Industry fund cuts fees

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2019
A $100 billion industry superannuation fund is the latest to make an end-of-year adjustment to its fees. First State Super has made an 11 basis point cut to the investment fee in its balanced growth lifecycle MySuper strategy for employer sponsored ...

ACCC immunity deal questioned by court

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2019
JPMorgan's former head of equity, capital and derivatives, Richard Galvin, has been forced to answer questions over the immunity deal offered to him by the ACCC over the cartel scandal of 2015. The Commonwealth brought charges against ANZ, Citigroup ...

Chief economist update: A penny saved, a penny not earned by the economy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2019
"As this prudent economy, which some people call Saving, is in private families the most certain method to increase an estate, so some imagine that, whether a country be barren or fruitful, the same method if generally pursued (which they think practicable) ...

Super funds to crack 13% by year end, retail leading

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2019
Superannuation funds are on their way to deliver 13% for the calendar year, and so far retail funds are outstripping industry funds' MySuper returns by 1.8%. The MySuper Index from SelectingSuper returned 10.9% for the 12 months to October end ...

Bridgewater loses another chief

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2019
Eileen Murray, co-chief executive of the world's largest hedge fund, Bridgewater, is stepping down from her role, leaving her counterpart and co-chief executive David McCormick to lead the US$160 billion dollar firm. Since billionaire founder and co-chair ...