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Economic outlook not as bad as predicted: RBA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2020
The Reserve Bank of Australia governor Phillip Lowe said the extent of the economic downturn, as a result of the impacts of COVID-19, is not as dire as expected. At the June meeting, the RBA board decided to maintain the current policy settings, keeping ...

Clime buys Madison Financial Group

KANIKA SOOD, JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2020
The much-anticipated sale of Madison Financial Group was finalised Tuesday evening, with the buyer paying $4.5 million to $5 million, Financial Standard understands. Clime Investment Management will be the new owner of Madison Financial Group, which ...

AMP Foundation offers $2m for COVID-19 recovery

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2020
AMP's corporate philanthropic foundation is offering $2 million in grants for non-profits working to meet COVID-19's challenges in the community. To be eligible, the organisation must have annual income of less than $20 million, derive less than 70% ...

Plato fund to shutter

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2020
An Australian shares fund run by Plato Investment Management will shutter later this month after running for nearly 14 years as its assets dwindle. Plato's Australian Shares Core Fund invested in Australian companies and was benchmarked to the S&P/ASX ...

Chief economist update: What to expect when you're expecting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2020
The Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) policy decision - to be announced this afternoon - will only confirm what everyone already is expecting. RBA Governor Philip Lowe and his board will keep Australia's monetary policy settings unchanged - ...

Clearstream rebrands Australian acquisition

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2020
The $14 trillion post-trade securities service provider has rebranded an Australian managed funds business that it acquired in July last year. Sydney-based Ausmaq will be renamed Clearstream Australia from June 1, and will provide custody and administrative ...

IRESS advances surprise bid for OneVue

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2020
In a surprise announcement this morning, IRESS made an offer to acquire OneVue, whose shareholders have been waiting on the company's previously-announced buyback and recovery of money owed to it by Sargon entities. IRESS is offering to buy all ...

Sargon liquidators want to dig deeper

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020
Sargon Capital's liquidators are looking for extra funding to dig deeper into the company's transactions, potential claims and the possibility of a dividend payment to creditors. Wexted Advisors has asked Sargon's creditors, of which there ...

Investec funds women in finance scholarship

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020
Investec Australia has established a postgraduate research scholarship with the University of Sydney Business School; in a move that it says will benefit the future finance workforce in Australia. The Investec Women in Finance and Leadership PhD Scholarship ...

SMSFs to weather the storm

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2020
While hundreds of thousands of Australians remove tens of millions from their superannuation accounts, SMSFs are holding their own. The most recent superannuation statistics released by APRA show there was a decrease of 7.7% in total superannuation ...