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Fraudster dyed hair, grew beard to evade regulator

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2020
... and securities registration provisions of the federal securities laws and seeks disgorgement of ill-gotten gains plus interest, penalties, and injunctive relief.

Industry fund looks within for co-chair

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2020
An employer-nominated director of a $3.3 billion industry superannuation fund has been elevated to co-chair. Mike Radda is the new co-chair of First Super, the fund for the timber, pulp and paper, and furniture and joinery industries,. Radda's promotion ...

Wealth giants shrink advertising budgets

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2020
Australia's largest superannuation funds and wealth companies have largely cut back on their advertising spends over the past five years, documents from the Standing Committee on Economics show. Colonial First State, which is currently facing two ...

Analysts remain wary as ASX breaks 7000

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2020
... growth, and the ASX has benefited more than most from some of the themes driving market prices right now." Tadgell said low interest rates justified these high valuations. "Given interest rates are at record lows, it justifies valuations trading above ...

Future of life insurance in doubt: APRA

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2020
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority released its look-back at 2019, making special mention of tough times for the life insurance industry and questioning its sustainability. "Australia's life insurance sector faced deteriorating conditions ...

Chief economist update: Fundamentally overvalued

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2020
... The Australian equity market (pre-GFC) rallied on strong economic fundamentals but was deemed overvalued due to high interest rates and expectations for more. The RBA raised the official cash rate from 5.25% in 2005 to 7.25% in 2007 and the yield on ...

Most traded stocks, ETFs of 2019 revealed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2020
... strength, all five of the most commonly held ETFs amongst clients were Vanguard offerings with the Vanguard Australian Fixed Interest Index ETF and Australian Shares High Yield ETF making the list alongside the other most popular Vanguard ETFs. Saxo ...

PIMCO a hit with Aussie instos

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2020
... mandates compiled by Rainmaker Information. The global manager raised $3.7 billion -- most of it in its international fixed interest strategies -- from Australian superannuation funds and investment managers in the 12 months to September 2019. The number ...

Super fund appoints deputy investments chief

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2020
A $1.6 billion superannuation fund has hired from Papua New Guinea's national superannuation fund to appoint its new deputy chief investment officer. David Brown joined Christian Super as its deputy chief investment officer this month. In his most recent ...

VanEck launches new income product

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2020
... Lonsec's portfolio construction expertise to strategically allocate assets to yield income in an era of prolonged low interest rates. The Income ETF Model Portfolio will have greater exposure to Australian equities versus global equities in comparison ...