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Super funds to face parliamentary grilling

ELIZA BAVIN | WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2020

... Super are also amongst those listed and will face the committee tomorrow via video conference. Chair of the committee Tim Wilson said the hearings are an important part of the committee's scrutiny of the four major banks and other financial institutions. ...

WAM makes LIC takeover bid

ANNABELLE DICKSON | FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2020

Wilson Asset Management has made an off-market takeover bid for geared listed investment company Concentrated Leaders Fund (CLF) as a result of its ongoing poor performance and management woes. WAM is offering shareholders two of its shares for 3.7 ...

WAM names new board member

ALLY SELBY | THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2020

Geoff Wilson's WAM Capital has appointed a former Commonwealth Bank chief technology officer to its board, set to help strengthen the investment group's technological capabilities. Matthew Pancino has nabbed the role, however, the appointment remains ...

Banks to be questioned on COVID-19 response

ELIZA BAVIN | WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2020

... the House of Representatives Economics Committee to discuss their response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Committee chair Tim Wilson said the hearings are part of the parliament's role in publicly scrutinising and holding Australia's four major banks to account. ...

Chief economist update: Gone fishing

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 24 AUG 2020

... just 1.75% -- accounting for inflation, that's practically free money. But as the Chair of the Economics Committee Tim Wilson asked: "Is one of the core reasons we have been able to cushion the economic impact that we have had fiscal space to do ...

WAM makes proposition plans public

ALLY SELBY | WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2020

Wilson Asset Management has made public its bid to manage listed investment company Contango Income Generator (ASX: CIE), after the investment manager failed to respond to WAM's initial proposal. It comes after the manager of the fund, Contango ...

How to make sense of reporting season

ALLY SELBY | TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2020

As we reach a third of the way through Australia's reporting season, an advice and stockbroking group has identified three key trends that have so far emerged from the results. Wilsons Advisory noted that many of the companies that have reported thus ...

APRA spells out unlisted asset valuation standards

ANNABELLE DICKSON | THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2020

... Representatives Standing Committee on Economics public hearing reviewing the 2019 APRA Annual Report, chair of the Committee Tim Wilson questioned the regulator over the accounting standards that are being applied to unlisted assets. "I've written to ...

ASIC slammed over SMSF data

ANNABELLE DICKSON | WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2020

... median operating expense of SMSFs is $3923 a year and the average at $6152. Chair of the House Economics Committee Tim Wilson said the data released by ASIC was deeply questionable and, as a result, false and misleading. "The challenge I have as chair ...

Xinja dabbles in US stocks

ANNABELLE DICKSON | WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2020

... a share depending on how much money they have and how much they want to invest. Xinja founder and chief executive Eric Wilson said Dabble offers investors an alternative option in a time when interest rates remains low. "We are offering low cost, easy ...

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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