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S&P reaffirms Sirtex after new offer from Chinese manager

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
ASX-listed healthcare firm Sirtex, whose investors include some of Australia's leading fund managers, will remain in the S&P/ASX 200 after its US takeover has been postponed in light of a new offer. Sirtex entered into a trading halt and then announced ...

Former NAB subsidiary flags merger with Virgin Money

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
... with a new holding company, CYBG PLC, taking 75% ownership of NAB's Clydesdale and Yorkshire operations; the proceeds of the sale would be distributed to shareholders. The remaining 25% would be sold to institutional investors via an IPO. NAB later posted ...

QIC expands executive team, bolsters US footprint

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
QIC has made several executive appointments locally and overseas in an effort to expand its US footprint and client base. Brian Delaney, who was executive director of strategy, clients and global markets, stepped into the newly created role of senior ...

The tools to capture quality

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
DNR Capital Australian Equities Income Portfolio manager Scott Kelly recently spoke to Financial Standard about how he determines what qualifies as quality. Kelly begins by explaining the five factors DNR use to determine quality, adding that an additional ...

ANZ culls sales incentives for planners

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2018
ANZ will no longer factor in sales incentives while calculating bonuses for its financial planners and boot them out if they fail an audit twice, the bank announced today. As ANZ attempts to revive its advice business after Royal Commission hearings ...

WA Super names advice GM

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2018
WA Super has made two promotions, including in its advice business. Quyen Truong moved into the role of WA Super's general manager of advice and distribution in April. She was previously head of advice in the fund's operations management team. Before ...

S&P to remove ASX healthcare firm from index

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2018
An ASX-listed healthcare firm, currently subject to a potential class action by shareholders which include major Australian asset managers, will be removed from the ASX 200 pending acquisition by a US company. S&P Dow Jones Indices said Sirtex Medical ...

NAB to divest MLC

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2018
... JBWere, it is shedding the rest of its wealth operations so as to become "focused on core banking." NAB said options for the sale include a demerger or an initial public offering, and that it is targeting listing for MLC by the end of 2019. NAB explained ...

BlackRock restructures iShares ETFs

KANIKA SOOD, KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2018
BlackRock will delist five of its 19 US-domiciled iShares exchange-traded funds from the ASX and convert the remainder as Australian-domiciled ETFs. The world's largest asset manager is moving towards a locally-domiciled product range and the 14 ETFs ...

NAB to sell MLC

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2018
NAB has announced it will begin the sale of its MLC Advice, Platform and Superannuation and Asset Management businesses, as part of its plan to focus on core banking. The bank announced the decision as part of a strategy overview during its half-year ...