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FASEA urges advisers to maximise exam sittings

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 11 JAN 2021
... administration fee thereafter." He also encouraged advisers to take advantage of the practice exams and preparation materials available on the FASEA website. Advisers only have until the end of this year to pass the exam if they want to remain in the ...

ATO backs SMSFs as strong retirement choice

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 DEC 2020
... in addition to implementing those measures the ATO also increased the availability of practical support and guidance materials for the SMSF sector. "When I started my role as assistant commissioner, SMSF risk and strategy later in 2020, it was immediately ...

Damning Rio report to shake mining industry

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2020
... restitution package with the PKKP, ensure a full reconstruction of the site at its own expense, return all artefacts and materials to the PKKP and commit to a permanent moratorium on mining the Juukan Gorge area. It also recommended that going forward ...

COVID-19 upends business travel, technology

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2020
... an even improving product development. However, many businesses reliant on China will diversify the source of import materials. Over half (57%) of chief executives have already begun to onshore supply and/or manufacturing in order to secure their supply. ...

Morningstar's conviction weakened on BlackRock fund

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2020
... in Kogan paid off with the rush to e-commerce in the pandemic. "Unsurprisingly, there are some notable sector biases. Materials and financial services are large underweightings compared with the broad market index," she said. But Zaychuck has concerns ...

Benchmark-lagging LIC faces strategic review

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2020
... to provide an incentive to reduce the discount to NTA). As of June 30, TGG's top holdings included Wheaton Precious Materials (3.7%), Roche (3.5%), Bayer (3.5%), Samsung (3.4%), Kroger (3.3%), Comcast (3.3%), United Parcel Service (3.3%), Verizon Communications ...

Boutique launches Aussie equities fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2020
... the fund), industrials (16.6%), consumer discretionary (16.1%), communication services (12.83%) and real estate and materials (about 10.6% each). It had no utilities or information technology stocks at August end. The fees are set at 90bps per year. ...

Female fund managers outperform men

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2020
... funds tend to have the lowest allocation to stocks like Berkshire Hathaway, Wells Fargo and Exxon Mobil. Energy and materials are two sectors where they are typically underweight. Interestingly, the median female-managed mutual fund has experienced slightly ...

Hearts and Minds donates almost $10m to charity

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2020
... in the highest conviction ideas from our fund managers." It is underweight to financials, utilities, healthcare and materials compared to the MSCI World Index. Only six of the companies that HM1 invests in have a market cap over ~$68 billion (US$50 billion) ...

Several promoted at Yarra Capital

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2020
... Australian equities capability. Ryan is also responsible for research and analysis of real estate, health care and building materials securities within the Australian equities team. He has 14 years' industry experience and previously spent 11 years ...