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Hyperion hard-closes flagship small-cap fund

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2016
Hyperion Asset Management has announced it will hard-close its small-cap Australian equities fund, the Hyperion Small Growth Companies Fund. Having originally soft-closed the fund at the beginning of April, Hyperion will now pay out distributions in ...

ANZ won't make LIF transition until bill is restored

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2016
ANZ advisers won't transfer to Life Insurance Framework remuneration arrangements until the relevant legislation is restored, according to ANZ Wealth managing director Alexis George. Speaking at a media event in Sydney, George referenced the Corporations ...

RBA appoints next governor

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2016
The RBA has appointed its next governor. Philip Lowe, who will take up his new role in September, has been deputy governor at the central bank since February 2012. He is also deputy chair of the RBA board and chair of the RBA's risk management committee. ...

Future Generation appoints CEO

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2016
Future Generation Global Investment has appointed its chief executive. Formerly joint chief executive, Louise Walsh has become sole chief executive following the resignation of joint CEO Chris Donohoe. Donohoe will remain on Future Generation's investment ...

Centuria appoints new CFO

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2016
Centuria Capital has appointed a new chief financial officer. Simon Holt joins Centuria from resources and energy consulting company WorleyParsons, where he held the same position. Prior to that, he was group financial controller at Westfield. At Centuria ...

NAB posts $1.7bn net loss from Clydesdale IPO

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2016
NAB has announced its half year FY2016 results, revealing a net loss of $1.7 billion, down 150.6% on the prior corresponding period. NAB's statement attributes this to "discontinued operations losses," referring to the loss on demerge and IPO of CYBG ...

ANZ cuts fees on foreign currency ETFs

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2016
ANZ has announced it will reduce management fees on its two foreign currency exchange-traded funds. The ANZ ETFS Physical US Dollar ETF has had its management fee reduced to 0.3% per annum (down from 0.45%), and the ANZ ETFS Physical Renminbi ETF has ...

Government pushes "regulatory sandbox" for fintech startups

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2016
Treasurer Scott Morrison has said the Government and ASIC will work together to create a "regulatory sandbox" for fintech startups to test their business models. The sandbox will allow startups to test business ideas for up to six months with "a limited ...

TAL launches online policy upgrade service

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2016
TAL has launched an online service to allow paperless upgrades of life, TPD and critical illness insurance policies. The Cover Upgrade Express service is designed to simplify circumstances where policies might be upgraded, such as, in TAL general manager ...

Government allocates $920m pa for Smart Cities infrastructure

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2016
As part of its $50 billion infrastructure investment package from 2013-14 to 2019-20, the Government has announced it will allocate $920 million every year to its Smart Cities program. Key components of the program include Roads to Recovery (maintenance ...