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WAM Capital commences LIC takeover bid

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2018
... remains conditional. If WAM ends up acquiring more than 50% of the WDE's shares, it will undertake a strategic review of the company including its strategy, operations, activities, assets and employees based on the information that becomes available ...

Australia behind when it comes to pay transparency: AXA IM

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2018
... said its opaqueness made it difficult for shareholders to "visualise a clear line of sight between executive reward and company performance." AXA head of Australia and New Zealand Craig Hurt added investors needed help from professional managers in avoiding ...

IOOF offloads corporate trust business

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2018
... further in the direction of being an advice-led organisation. The buyer is financial services technology and infrastructure company Sargon Capital. IOOF's Australian Executor Trustees (AET) corporate trust business is being sold for $51.6 million. The ...

Firetrail to launch $305m IPO

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2018
... million for an absolute return LIC. Firetrail Investments lodged a prospectus with ASIC on Tuesday for its listed investment company, to be called Firetrail Absolute Return Limited. The IPO follows successful capital raising by the manager. It expects ...

Pension funds feel the heat on climate change

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2018
... Fjarde AP-Fonden ranking first with a AAA-rating. The Netherlands' ABP; Finland's Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Company; Norway's Government Pension Fund Global; and the Fonds de Reserve pour les Retraites of France also ranked in the top ...

Instant asset write off extended

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2018
... the instant asset write-off was a feature of its wider agenda for small and medium businesses. This includes cutting the company tax rate for businesses with an annual turnover of less than $50 million from 30% to 25%, the abolishment of $5.9 billion ...

Former MLC executive joins Challenger

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2018
... Challenger. Duncan West has been appointed as an independent non-executive director to both the Challenger and Challenger Life Company boards. West is a former executive general manager of insurance at MLC and NAB Wealth and brings more than 30 years' ...

CBA appoints board director

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2018
... O'Malley was BlueScope Steel's managing director and chief executive for more than a decade. He also served as the ASX-listed company's chief financial officer for 18 months before his chief executive appointment. In his prior roles, O'Malley worked ...

Asset manager gives ESG data to BNY subsidiary

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 11 SEP 2018
A BNY Mellon company has partnered with a global asset manager to integrate ESG data into the investment platforms of its clients. Eagle Investment Systems - a subsidiary of global giant BNY Mellon - partnered with Arabesque to implement its Arabesque ...

Evans Dixon buys Fort Street Advisers

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2018
The ASX-listed financial services company has acquired Fort Street Advisers and will merge it with its capital markets business to create a corporate and institutional business. Evans Dixon will also ramp up its stake in the $730 million Fort Street ...