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LIC seeks conversion to ETF

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2020
In a rare move, a listed investment company is looking to convert to an ETF in an attempt to close discount for investors. The Monash Absolute Investment Company (MA1) wants to restructure to an exchange traded managed fund (ETFMF) to re-set the market ...

Vanguard fund drops "cash plus" name

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2020
Vanguard has joined the growing line of fund managers snipping the "cash plus" tag from their short-term fixed income funds, as ASIC sharpens focus on managed funds advertising. Effective October 1, the Vanguard Cash Plus Fund will be renamed the Vanguard ...

ASIC restrains Mawhinney

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2020
ASIC has been granted interim orders against Mayfair 101 founder James Mawhinney which will stop him siphoning any money out of Australia. The orders also restrain Mawhinney from advertising or promoting any financial product, meaning his work with ...

Chief economist update: Australia succumbs to pandemic-induced recession

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2020
It was good - so good - while it lasted. But as the saying goes, "nothing lasts forever". It had been more than a generation since Australia experienced "the recession we had to have" back in 1990/91. The Australian economy withstood the US savings ...

Official recession not that scary: Economists

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2020
The Australian economy fell 7% in the June quarter, spelling two consecutive quarters of economic contraction, officially marking the nation's first recession since 1991. The release of national accounts confirmed the Australian economy has experienced ...

SMSF member increase bill reintroduced

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2020
The bill to increase the maximum number of self-managed superannuation (SMSF) members from four to six has been reintroduced in the Senate. The bill amends the SIS Act, Corporations Act, ITAA 1997 and Superannuation (Unclaimed Money and Lost Members) ...

CommSec adds general manager

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2020
The former chief executive of Saxo Capital Markets has taken on a new leadership role at CommSec. Ben Smoker was recently appointed general manager, broking and markets within Commonwealth Bank's retail brokerage arm. He joined from Westpac where ...

ANZ advisers launch advice boutique

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2020
Four former staff of ANZ's financial planning business have started a new advice firm in Melbourne. Park Lane Advice Group in Melbourne's Cheltenham suburb is licensed via IOOF-owned Millennium 3 Financial Services. It was founded by Evguenia Rutkowski ...

Chief economist update: RBA increases and extends TFF

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2020
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) kept domestic interest rates unchanged - the targets for the official cash rate at 0.25% and the yield on 3-year Australian Government bonds at 25 basis points - at its September meeting, as expected. What came as ...

AMP reviews business units

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2020
AMP has announced its board is undertaking a portfolio review of the group's assets and businesses, in the first major move by newly appointed chair Debra Hazelton. The embattled wealth manager said its board remains committed to AMP's transformation ...