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Manager vacancy at $50m fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2019
A $50 million fund set up by the South Australian government has started the search for a new investment manager to replace a Blue Sky subsidiary. The SA Venture Capital Fund (SAVCF) appointed Blue Sky Venture Capital in 2017 as its manager. It is now ...

Super funds hungry for offshore assets: NAB

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2019
Nearly three in four superannuation funds will look to unlisted, offshore assets in search of superior returns over the next two years and they are willing to take on more currency exposure risk in the process. This is according to NAB's Superannuation ...

Macquarie Group raising $1bn

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2019
Macquarie Group is raising $1 billion to chase new opportunities and maintain capital levels in light of ongoing regulatory change. Macquarie this morning announced a $1 billion non-underwritten institutional placement, which represents roughly 8.5 ...

Pension fund to buy British Steel

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2019
The pension fund for the Turkish army emerged as the preferred bidder for the British Steel, four months after it was forced into liquidation. British Steel granted Ataer Holdings A.S. detailed due diligence in mid-August ahead of a full sale. Ataer ...

ATO to crack down on SG non-payment

KRISTI CHENG  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2019
The Australian Taxation Office will start using Single Touch Payroll (STP) system data to identify and warn employers on non-payment of super guarantee, according to ATO deputy commissioner James O'Halloran. Speaking at the 2019 ASFA National Policy ...

ASIC approves name and shame rules

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2019
The corporate regulator has given the Australian Financial Complaints Authority the green light to name financial services companies and superannuation funds in its determinations. In deciding to disclose names, ASIC said this will help identify conduct ...

Climate policy more than divesting: UniSuper

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2019
Discussing the impact of climate change on super funds at the FSC Summit this morning, UniSuper chief investment officer John Pearce has said simply divesting certain holdings is not an effective strategy. Appearing on a panel discussing the investment ...

Government should intervene in BOLR changes: Opposition

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2019
The NSW shadow minister for finance and small business has asked what the state government is doing for advisers facing financial ruin as a result of AMP's plan to change Buyer of Last Resort terms. Speaking in NSW parliament earlier this week ...

ASIC to review end of grandfathering

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2019
ASIC will review the progress of transition away from grandfathered conflicted remuneration arrangements for financial advisers. Announced today, the review follows the government's commitment to end the practice by January 2021. ASIC said it will review ...

MLC shuts down $28m fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 20 AUG 2019
MLC has shut down an international equities fund as it faced the prospect of increasing management fees on the relatively small funds under management. The MLC Wholesale Hedged Global Share fund was terminated effective August with about $28 million ...