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US regulator, states sue Facebook

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2020
Facebook appears unfazed by antitrust lawsuits filed by 46 US states and the Federal Trade Commission seeking to force the social media giant to divest key assets, labelling the actions 'revisionist history'. The FTC and 48 Attorneys General ...

Firetrail dips toes in global equities

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2020
Firetrail Investments wants to build a global equities team, after gathering over $5 billion in its Aussie equities strategies in under three years, Financial Standard understands. The boutique was launched by Macquarie Investment Management's long/short ...

Chief economist update: Confidence unlocks Australia's virtuous cycle

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2020
"The circulation of confidence is better than the circulation of money." - James Madison We, Australians all, are in a good place for not only do we have more money thanks to the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) and the Morrison government's largesse ...

Government to wind up FASEA

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2020
The Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority will be made redundant as two government bodies take over its remit. Assistant Minister for Superannuation, Financial Services and Financial Technology, Senator Jane Hume announced on December 9 that ...

PPS Mutual transforms underwriting process

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2020
Mutual life insurer PPS Mutual has removed several assessments to its medical and financial underwriting requirements to speed up the application process and benefit members. The mutual insurer has removed the "quick check medical requirement" for prospective ...

Vision Super increases premiums

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2020
Vision Super and its group insurer MLC Life have increased the cost of insurance premiums by 17.8%. The $10.3 billion industry fund said that MLC Life had determined the 17.8% increase was required to continue to cover the cost of providing insurance ...

WA Super trio launches boutique

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2020
WA Super's former chief investment officer Chris West and two others have launched a new investment consultancy, following the completion of its merger with Aware Super. Context Capital will provide investment advice to advice businesses, wealth ...

AllianceBernstein Australia eyes ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2020
The US manager is readying its well-performing $1.2 billion AB Managed Volatility Equities fund for an active ETF debut early next year. The Roy Maslen-managed fund has delivered 9.38% p.a. over five years and -1.59% in the last 12 months. It is was ...

Best super, pension fund revealed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2020
The best superannuation and pension funds have been named in the annual Money magazine Best of the Best Awards. In determining the awards, Rainmaker Information reviewed MySuper products, and asset classes that include growth, balanced, moderate (capital ...

Funds' net-zero ambitions collide with Santos

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2020
Australian oil and gas company Santos' carbon reduction plan has been heavily criticised, with critics pointing out many super funds invested in the company have made declarations on climate change that don't match their actions. According to ...