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Your Future, Your Super on APRA to-do list

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2021
The government's Your Future, Your Super reforms is one of the prudential regulator's priorities for 2021. The controversial superannuation reforms have been listed as a key policy priority for APRA this year as it prepares to support the reforms' implementation. ...

Link scraps European acquisition

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2021
... announced that its divestment of its 44% stake in Property Exchange Australia (PEXA) is underway with "good indicative interest received to date". Link and the Commonwealth Bank bought PEXA less than three years ago for $1.6 billion. Link chief executive ...

Parametric names new research lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2021
Parametric has announced the appointment of its new local manager of research and strategy, a position held by Raewyn Williams for seven years. Whitlam Zhang takes on the role of manager of research and strategy for Australia and New Zealand, based ...

ASIC winds up Mayfair 101 debenture issuer

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2021
... secured, when they were not, ASIC said. In March 2020, M101 Nominees stopped repaying funds to investors and then it froze interest payments to investors from June 2020. "ASIC moved decisively early last year, directly and then ultimately through the ...

Schroders adjusts fund return targets

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2021
The fund manager has lowered its real return funds' targets as a result of low interest rates and bond yields and the impact of the pandemic on economies around the world. The Schroder Real Return CPI Plus 3.5%, Schroder Real Return CPI Plus 5% ...

Chief economist update: Overvaluation tests FOMO and TINA trades

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2021
... has been replaced by the fear of being left holding the hot potato and TINA (There Is No Alternative) given ultra-low interest rates sound less enticing than the return of capital even at zero interest rates. In the general scheme of macro things, nothing ...

Shipton to leave ASIC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2021
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has announced ASIC chair James Shipton will leave the regulator in the coming months, despite being cleared by Vivian Thom's review of ASIC Governance. Releasing the review findings today, Frydenberg said he and Shipton ...

Centuria spends big ahead of fund launch

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2021
... close proximity to major transportation infrastructure," he said. "We have already experienced strong expressions of interest for this fund and hope to meet our equity raising target of $40 million by the end of February." The fund provides an initial ...

ASIC detects imposter bond scam

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2021
... underlying investment at all. ASIC believes the scam occurs in most cases after an investor completes an expression of interest form via a third party or fake investment comparison website. Some of the scammers have been sending victims professional-looking ...

Maple-Brown Abbott finetunes Aussie equities lineup

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2021
The Sydney boutique is winding up its geared Australian equities fund after underperformance and dwindling assets, while trimming the fees on two others. Maple-Brown Abbott 's Australian Geared Equity Fund has been around since 2002 and uses leverage ...