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Super fund reveals ASX 100 equality laggards

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2020
After admitting its own gender pay gap has grown in the last 12 months, Future Super has ranked the S&P/ASX 100 from best to worst when it comes to gender equality in the workplace. The Gender Equality Report also recommended changes the Aussie businesses ...

ACCC denies impropriety

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2020
The ACCC has denied acting with impropriety in bringing criminal cartel charges against ANZ, Citigroup and Deutsche Bank. The regulator is being questioned after the Commonwealth brought charges against ANZ, Citigroup and Deutsche Bank following the ...

Surplus may not be as advertised: Grattan

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2020
Speaking at the Financial Standard Chief Economist Forum, Grattan Institute budget policy and institutional reform program director Danielle Wood explained the much touted federal government surplus may not be all it was cracked up to be. Wood focused ...

Praemium expanding in UK, growing managed accounts

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2020
Listed platform Praemium's half yearly results included an update about its UK business and its virtual managed accounts portfolios. The virtual managed accounts had a strong uplift, contributing to platform revenue being up 22%. Praemium's Virtual ...

IFM Investors hires from Mercer

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2020
IFM Investors have hired a former Mercer principal to help lead the firm's risk and compliance operations. Amanda Oliver commenced her role as Australian director of risk and compliance at IFM Investors on 3 February 2020. The role was previously held ...

Old boys, girls clubs dominate boards

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2020
A third of Australia's board members are dissatisfied with their roles, blaming a lack of transparency, professional and peer support for their frustrations. The new research, commissioned by advocacy and director placement group Women on Boards (WOB) ...

Push for more foreign investment

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2020
The Australian government is being urged to promote more foreign investment in Australia. Atlas Advisors is calling on the Australian government to recognise the long-term benefits of foreign investors for the economy by increasing incentives under ...

OneVue takes control of Sargon stake in Sequoia

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2020
OneVue Holdings has taken control of a Sargon subsidiary's 19% stake in ASX-listed wealth and advice firm Sequoia Financial Group, as its looks to recoup $31 million. The Sequoia stake is worth about $4.6 million at Tuesday's closing price of 20 cents. ...

Super fee obsession must stop

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2020
In one of the first submissions to the Retirement Income Review, the body for private market investors has urged the government to focus less on fees and consider the place for illiquid assets in MySuper. Citing APRA's heat maps as an example, the Australian ...

Perth advice firm folds

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2020
A Perth-based financial advice firm had to call in liquidators, with its directors blaming a 30% fall in its business revenue after the Royal Commission among other reasons. WA Wealth Managers (and WAWM Holdings Pty Ltd, as the main related firm) was ...