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ANZ considering buy-back with life insurance paycheck

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
ANZ's first paycheck from the December sale of its life insurance arm to Zurich has arrived and the bank is considering buying back up to $1.5 billion in shares, on top of its current buyback program. The bank today updated the market that it has received ...

Freedom acquires bank insurance arm

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2018
... another major step for FIG as its sees tremendous opportunity in life insurance. He expects the transaction to have a neutral effect on FIG's earnings per share in year one and positive thereafter. "St Andrew's meets our acquisition criteria as it brings ...

Royal Commission to take "labyrinthine" advice legislation to task

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 9 APR 2018
In its background paper leading up to the financial advice inquiry on April 16, the Royal Commission has called out the "labyrinthine" regulatory regime in which the industry operates. The paper notes the current legislative framework for financial ...

Kapstream creates new fund

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 26 MAR 2018
... exposure to sub-investment-grade debt." However, Morningstar did re-rate Kapstream's flagship strategy from bronze to neutral, citing "intensifying competition" in the sector. The BT Fixed Interest strategy was also re-rated from bronze to neutral. Recently ...

Morningstar fuels fund ratings with AI

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2018
... past rating decisions and the data used to support their decisions. It then generates a quantitative rating - positive, neutral, or negative - based on key assessment areas of parent, people, performance, price and processes. A research analyst would ...

Watermark LIC chair resigns to launch new business

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAR 2018
... interim chair since December and will now take on the role on a permanent basis. WGF launched as Australia's first market neutral listed investment company in late 2016. Its initial public offering raised more than $90 million at an offer price of $1.10 ...

Institutional investors on the march in fixed income

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JAN 2018
... peers in Europe and North America. Only 15% of respondents believe the global economy is strengthening, while 70% are neutral. Moreover, 35% of APAC respondents believe central banks in the region will move from quantitative easing to quantitative tightening. ...

Down, down business conditions are down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 DEC 2017
... I added: This certainly doesn't fit with the current record low level of the official cash rate (1.5%) nor the current neutral stance in RBA monetary policy. The last time business conditions were nearly this lovely (+20 in July 2007), the official cash ...

SQM suspends Macquarie fund rating following investment team reshuffle

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 12 DEC 2017
... which collectively managed about $18 billion in assets across index, low risk, concentrated, small cap, long/short, market-neutral, Asian fundamental and global strategies. It is understood four members of Hodgens' team left with him.

Powell power

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 NOV 2017
... objective. That expectation is based on the view that the current level of the federal funds rate remains somewhat below its neutral level--that is, the rate that is neither expansionary nor contractionary and keeps the economy operating on an even keel. ...