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AMP contests senior lawyer's claims

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 29 OCT 2019
... overplayed her role in fee-for-no-services escalation and could be "verbose and dominant" in conversations, AMP says in its defence to her claim seeking compensation for unfair dismissal. The senior lawyer dragged her former employer to Federal Court ...

Corporate fund appoints risk lead

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 24 SEP 2019
... appointment is a reflection of Qantas Super's focus on risk and compliance and its implementation of the 'Three Lines of Defence' risk governance model within the organisation. "Suzette is a highly talented and accomplished risk executive, evidenced ...

BetaShares defends Dividend Harvester ETF after critical report

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2019
... investors and therefore the current features of the product are considered insufficient to warrant an investable rating." In defence of the performance, BetaShares said: "The high yield of the fund can be advantageous in retirement portfolios, irrespective ...

Whitehelm launches infrastructure fund locally

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2019
... establish the Australian Whitehelm Listed Core Infrastructure Fund - Unhedged recognised retail investors were seeking defence against the risks to their equity portfolios given the current market volatility. Net of fees, the European version has outperformed ...

Sovereign wealth fund revokes exclusions

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2019
... over the last 15 years, Rio Tinto among them. The fund will also now allow investment in global conglomerate Grupo Carso, defence company General Dynamics, fertiliser company Nutrien and retailers Walmart and Wal-Mart de Mexico. Rio Tinto was excluded ...

Legg Mason launches new fund

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2019
... not meet certain ethical criteria." The exclusion list encompasses several sectors including tobacco, gambling, alcohol, defence and weapons, fur, genetically modified crops, nuclear energy, oil sands and thermal coal." Sowerby added that QS Investors ...

Industry Super Holdings slammed for weapons investment

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2019
... InvestSMART data shows ISH has a substantial (5.86%) stake in EOS or 5.4 million shares. ISH said in a statement that defence technology industry is one of the most heavily regulated industries. "IFM Investors has received assurances by the company that ...

Chief economist update: Cash rate should be 1%

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2019
... consumption expenditure rose 1.8% in the December quarter 2018 and remains strong through the year at 5.6%. National non-defence (4.2%) was the main contributor to growth in the quarter, due to increases in social benefits to households from continued ...

Vertical integration changes to reshape personal wealth

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2019
... journeys will advance to the point of primary intent Blockchain Open banking Steady advance towards public cloud Cyber defence versus hacker intelligence Accelerating connected commerce Optimising digital-human interplay Increasing interactive dimensions ...

ClearView director dismissed of charges

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 14 JAN 2019
... is fully supporting Mr Brown, believes he has not breached any laws and has stated that it will support Mr Brown in his defence of the charge." Brown was appointed to the ClearView Board on 22 October 2012, and currently serves as a member of the board ...