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AMP Capital cuts fees on equities fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2020
AMP Capital has dropped the management fees on its ESG-focused equities fund by 15bps, while also updating its screening thresholds. The AMP Capital Sustainable Share Fund will shift from charging 70 bps per year to 55 bps per year. It has tightened ...

Merging super funds guaranteed tax relief

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2020
Superannuation funds are set to permanently avoid negative tax outcomes upon merging, after an amendment bill sailed through parliament yesterday. While the FASEA extension stalled yesterday, the parliament successfully shepherded the government's Treasury ...

Chief economist update: Pay cut or pay not?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2020
"Tell him he's dreaming!" The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) report showing that the country's unemployment rose from 5.2% in March to ONLY 6.2% in April surely is a pleasant dream considering the nightmarish backdrop of the long ...

KKR company cut doctors pay during pandemic

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2020
Private equity firm KKR, which recently acquired Colonial First State, is in hot water in the US over claims a health company it owns cut doctors pay amid the COVID-19 crisis. KKR acquired a 55% stake in CFS on 12 May 2020 for approximately $1.7 billion. ...

Law firm bolsters financial services team

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2020
Herbert Smith Freehills has appointed a new partner to its financial services regulatory practice. Charlotte Henry joins the firm May 18 and will focus on advising clients in regards to Australian banking regulatory matters alongside partners Michael ...

Super fund pays it forward

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
A superannuation fund is passing its government stimulus on to members who have been forced to withdraw from their accounts under the early release scheme. Future Super has decided it will pass on its government stimulus to members whose account balances ...

Realigning remuneration expectations

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
Incentives could be 30-40% lower in 2020 owing to COVID-19 and underperforming investment products, according to a new compensation report covering asset management, insurance and sales. This year is "unusually important" for salaries as the trifecta ...

Few funds immune to ERS

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
Fears super funds with memberships concentrated in the industries hit hardest by the COVID-19 shutdown would feel the pain of early release more are proving largely unfounded, with funds of all kinds seeing withdrawals. While much speculation surrounded ...

Technical Services Forum: Testing risk tolerance

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
In uncertain times clients may not be as risk tolerant as previously thought, the virtual Challenger Financial Standard Technical Services Forum has heard. Digitally presenting, Challenger's head of technical services Andrew Lowe said many financial ...

Road to recovery

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
While it is clear it will take some time for the world to return to what it once was, the focus is now on recovery and what the post-pandemic world will look like. Kyle Loades, chair of the Australian Transformation and Turnaround Association (AusTTA) ...