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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 ...

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) ...

IOOF names licensee chiefs, acquires platform

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2020
Following its acquisition of MLC and decision to restructure its licensees, IOOF has consolidated the leadership of its various dealer groups and announced another acquisition. Revealing the next phase of its Advice 2.0 strategy today, IOOF has restructured ...

Female fund managers outperform men

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2020
... led by an all-female team. While their male counterparts prefer the financials sector, female-managed funds tend to favour tech stocks like Amazon, Apple, Microsoft and Tesla. Female-managed funds tend to have the lowest allocation to stocks like Berkshire ...

Hearts and Minds donates almost $10m to charity

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2020
... over 100%, we participated in Spotify, which is up over 75%, while Zillow Group, Microsoft, and our holdings in next tier tech companies have also performed well," he told Financial Standard. The listed investment company's largest holding (as of June ...

First Sentier takes stake in renewable energy

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2020
First Sentier Investors (FSI) announced it has acquired a 40% stake in Terra-Gen from Energy Capital Partners (ECP). New York-based Terra-Gen develops, constructs, and operates utility-scale wind, solar, energy storage, and geothermal electrical generation ...

COVID-19 propels advisers, incumbents into the future

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020
... allows incumbents to connect with end customers, bringing powerful returns in the form of data," Axell said. Advisers need tech solutions, education and training, the report found, particularly in digital marketing, customer segmentation and journey ...

Robinhood effect steers share market

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020
... putting their money in gaming, technology and consumer discretionary companies they know and trust. Furthermore, the booming tech and consumer discretionary sectors are being buoyed by investors using early access to superannuation to bet on the share ...

IOOF posts profit, restructures business

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020
IOOF posted a net profit of $147 million for FY20, while also announcing a range of changes to its advice businesses as part of its advice transformation. IOOF announced its Bridges business will be transformed into a fully salaried network, while it ...

IOOF buys MLC Wealth for $1.4bn

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020
Wealth manager IOOF has launched a $1 billion capital raising to help fund the acquisition of MLC Wealth in a deal worth $1.4 billion. The agreement follows the announcement by NAB in 2018 to exit the business, saying the decision is in line with its ...