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Major funds expand with Singapore investment

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 3 OCT 2019
Whitehelm Capital has completed the acquisition of the Institute of Technical Education College West PPP Project in Singapore on behalf of MTAA Super and Prime Super. The education center was previously owned by Gammon Investments and Jardine Matherson ...

Bravura signs with major fund administrator

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 3 OCT 2019
Bravura has penned a new deal with a leading Australian fund administration outsourcer. The deal will see the organisation implement Bravura's Australian tax solution. The organisation will leverage the tax platform to generate new operational efficiencies ...

RC sting felt in finance pay packets

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 OCT 2019
... outcomes of the Royal Commission as a leading factor in the changes. "There is no doubt the Banking Royal Commission created a major distraction and, hiring activity at the very senior end slowed as a result," the report found. "It was a year in which ...

Chief economist update: The greatest central banker of modern times

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2019
... 31. The ECB Governing Council will meet one more time - October 24 - under his leadership. Chances are there'll be no major announcements, especially after the big one (so far) had only been announced a month before (in September) where the ECB decided ...

NAB builds banking team, cuts fees

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2019
NAB is continuing its expansion, introducing 163 new roles in its business and private bank while also removing over 100 fees for customers. The majority of the new roles are based in Victoria and New South Wales, with over 130 of the 163 being across ...

UK insurer fined for annuity sales failings

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2019
UK-based insurer Prudential has been hit with a £24 million (AU$43.6 million) fine after failing to advise customers they may receive a better deal on annuities if they shopped around. The Financial Conduct Authority said Prudential failed to ensure ...

Milestone ETF Rule passed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2019
Global regulators are taking notice of the maturation of exchange-traded funds, with the US Securities and Exchange Commission adopting a new rule to modernise their regulation. Twenty seven years on from the launch of the first ETF, the SEC has voted ...

Super Consumers Australia launches, slams MySuper products

KRISTI CHENG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2019
... funds and improving the quality of life insurance policies offered through superannuation. Australia currently has four major superannuation industry lobby groups representing fund trustees, with combined budgets in excess of $42 million, and employing ...

Chief economist update: Time for a Keynes comeback

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 SEP 2019
... I'm feeling down... Help me get my feet back on the ground Won't you please, please help me." -- The Beatles Most major world central banks have already cut interest rates (more than once) and/or restarted QE, or promised to maintain ultra-loose ...

IFM Investors boss to retire

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 19 SEP 2019
... Ian Silk said: "Brett has done an incredible job over the past decade in building the IFM business and expanding it into a major player globally while delivering outstanding returns for millions of industry fund members in retirement." "He leaves a great ...