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The transforming role of the trustee

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2022
... that's 10% bigger than the market capitalisation of the big banks and BHP combined. Cochrane said: "I think that it says a little about the complexity of our lives that it has become very demanding role, the trustee. Demands on management and trustees ...

US stocks crumble after Jerome Powell's hawkish comments

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 22 APR 2022
... hikes. At an International Monetary Fund panel discussion, Powell said: "It is appropriate, in my view, to be moving a little more quickly." He added: "I would say that 50 basis point [rate rise] will be on the table for the May meeting."­ Inflation ...

Stock picking dominant source of alpha: Research

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2022
... study shows. In contrast, other key elements of investment processes, like portfolio construction and trading, generated little or no positive alpha. For instance, position sizing caused most portfolios to lose value, the analysis found. Of the 752 portfolios ...

Modern Slavery Act needs strengthening: Panel

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2022
... than 40 million... most companies are doing the bare minimum. They're ticking the box and complying, and this does little." Companies that are starting to take action are starting with risk assessments and going into supply chain relationships, as ...

Recession-style policy but no recession: Grattan

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2022
... are over 65 and net-drawers on the budget, Wood suggested this kind of fiscal strategy from the federal government makes little sense.

Labor promises cheap childcare, climate action

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2022
... one-off payment of those on low incomes - just to get them through the election. These measures, Albanese argued, will do little to truly combat cost of living pressures as long as wages remain stagnant. Instead, Labor promises to reform childcare subsidies ...

GAM loses insto mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2022
... management and record keeping processes and triggered an overwhelming number of redemption requests. At the time, GAM gave little to no detail as to what the "gross misconduct" investigated involved, however the FCA did in handing down its penalties. ...

Budget to back aspiring homeowners

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2022
... assisting eligible single parents with children to buy their first home or to re-enter the housing market with a deposit of as little as 2%. Frydenberg reported that of total guarantees issued so far, 52% went to women, above the market average of 41% ...

Practice valuations to normalise: Report

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2022
... having low or no debtors or aged receivables; monthly recurring revenue with limited ups and downs; low or no bad debts; little working capital; low or no plant equipment; and no stock required. There is one caveat though, Centurion said. "That said ...

ASIC scrutinises managed fund marketing

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2022
... marketing its debenture products - which could give consumers a false impression that the debenture products carried as little risk as a mainstream bank term deposit. "ASIC has broadened our managed fund surveillance, as retail and unsophisticated investors ...