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APRA 'digging into' super fund contributions to unions

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2022
After questioning from Senator Andrew Bragg at Senate estimates, prudential regulator APRA shared it has done some preliminary investigations about payments to unions. Bragg has claimed that superannuation which should be for workers has turned into ...

SEC rules against Amazon pension case

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2022
The US Securities and Exchange Commission ruled against Amazon's no-action motion to exclude a shareholder resolution asking the company to prepare a report on how employee retirement savings are invested. The shareholder resolution, brought by activist ...

Australian Ethical, Christian Super explore merger

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2022
After having been directed to merge by APRA, Christian Super has signed a Memorandum of Understanding to do so with Australian Ethical. In a statement to the ASX, Australian Ethical said the two parties are undertaking due diligence to explore possible ...

Superhero to offer Qantas points

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2022
In Qantas' latest financial services partnership, Superhero users can win a share of one million Qantas points. To enter the draw for the points, Superhero investors must have linked their Qantas Frequent Flyer number to their Superhero account ...

Recession-style policy but no recession: Grattan

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2022
... just managing these contracts." Coming out of the pandemic, Wood said, the government is bigger - it has increased as a share of the economy. Government spending peaked during the pandemic, as measures like JobKeeper and other stimulus payments were ...

Perpetual moves to acquire Pendal

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2022
Perpetual has made an offer to acquire Pendal for $6.23 a share. Pendal confirmed it received the conditional, non-binding indicative proposal from Perpetual to acquire 100% of shares in Pendal by way of scheme of arrangement. The proposal is for a ...

WT Financial Group acquires Synchron

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAR 2022
ASX-listed WT Financial Group (WTL) is set to acquire Synchronised Business Services for $8 million. The transaction will create one of the country's largest non-aligned dealer groups with more than 600 advisers and $16 billion in funds under advice. ...

Alpha females

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2022
... which is better than the MSCI World Index. "Companies with female leadership have typically outperformed massively from a share price perspective. But you have to dig to find companies that meet the criteria - of either having a high percentage of women ...

Mingshi Investment Management to launch local offering

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2022
... co-founder Yu Yuan said. Also commenting, Mingshi international chief executive Lewis Prescott said the onshore China-A share market offers exception opportunities unlike any other market. Referring to the growth of the Shanghai stock exchange since ...

Cannon-Brookes invests in renewables transition

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 FEB 2022
Mike Cannon-Brookes continues to make a play for the sustainable investing sector, injecting $200 million into an initiative that will help accelerate the nation's renewable energy transition. The Cannon-Brookes-backed Grok Ventures allocated the ...