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Pahari sorry, victim calls for documents

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2020
... shareholders. "I have decided to stand down as AMP Capital chief executive in the interests of all parties, and to minimise disruption to the business. I am committed to doing everything I can to see this business and our people reach full potential. ...

Evans & Partners explore open-ended funds

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2020
Evans and Partners have announced a potential change to open-ended funds for its Global Disruption Fund and its Global Flagship Fund. Walsh & Company Investments, as responsible entity for both funds, said it is exploring changing both funds from a ...

COVID-19 dampens CFO outlook

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2020
... Depression, has hit hard, net optimism has fallen drastically, and uncertainty is at an all-time high." Supply chain disruption has forced CFOs to think laterally about improving supply chain resilience, efficiency and transparency as a result of COVID-19. ...

Suncorp wealth business down

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2020
... season of extreme weather conditions, and then the global COVID-19 pandemic which will result in long-lasting economic disruption and fundamentally change the way we live." "Suncorp entered the COVID-19 crisis in a solid position and responded quickly ...

How to make sense of reporting season

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2020
... and hibernation plans also emerging as thematic trends. "Many companies have been hit hard by the pandemic, while the disruption has turned into a powerful tailwind for others," it said. "Just how long this disrupted operating environment will last is ...

Sales, reporting top buy-side pandemic struggles

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2020
... firms. The survey asked the participants how challenging it was for their organisation to respond to COVID-19 induced disruption on a 0 to 10 scale, with 8-10 being the highest degrees of concern. More than half of sell-side participants (51%) rated ...

Platform business in administration

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2020
... of the sale of Wealthtrac to its original founders," Damien Hodgkinson of Olvera said. "We want to create as little disruption as possible, as we enter into discussions with creditors and shareholders." The shareholder who failed to meet its obligations ...

ASIC puts investment managers on notice over valuations

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2020
... environment and it is actively monitoring the valuation practices of responsible entities during this period of market disruption. "In this context, it is more important than ever that valuations of managed fund assets are regular, robust and reasonable," ...

Chief economist update: Good US employment news is not so good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2020
There's good news and bad news in the US labour market report for July. First, the good news: The US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported that total non-farm payrolls rose by 1.8 million in July - more than market expectations for an increase ...

FPA award nominations open, new award announced

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2020
The Financial Planning Association of Australia has announced a new category in its annual FPA Awards, set to recognise members who have used technologies in innovative ways to deliver advice. The FPA Advice Innovation Award has been introduced to highlight ...