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State Street warns of dot-com parallels

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2020
... speculation was high and to talk about a company's cash flow was scorned, and somehow short sighted or even small minded. The focus was on growth and the revolution that was the internet," State Street Global Advisors Australia head of portfolio management ...

Class launches Xplan integration

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2020
Class has completed its integration with Iress' financial software solution Xplan, with the offering now available for new Class Super and Class Portfolio customers as a public pilot. The data feed will enable financial advisers and accountants to seamlessly ...

12 charged in $17m fraud

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2020
A joint-agency investigation into an elaborate $17 million fraud has resulted in charges against 12 people. Australian Federal Police (AFP) investigators executed search warrants at 10 locations across Sydney, nine in south-east Queensland and two in ...

Ombudsman demands changes for small business insolvencies

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2020
The Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman Kate Carnell is calling for a number of measures to be put in place to protect small businesses from a 'tsunami' of insolvencies. In the latest Insolvency Practices Inquiry report ...

Opportunities in EM debt rebound: Eaton Vance

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2020
... class, as will the low yields available in core sovereign bond markets (USTs, bunds, etc.)," the investment manager said. Focus has now turned to individual country fundamentals as the economic shocks of COVID-19 settle in, it said. "While the rally ...

Six Park eyes advisers, appoints head

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2020
... head of distribution. "Ted has done an exceptional job developing our business, and his new role reflects our increased focus on a new phase of distribution both direct to clients (B2C) and through adviser groups, platforms and other B2B partnerships," ...

360 Capital eyes LIC

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2020
360 Capital has acquired an 18.53% stake in an ASX-listed closed-ended fund, as it engaged with its management to appoint it as the responsible entity. The Australian Enhanced Income Fund (AYF) was listed on the ASX in October 2006 and invests in up ...

Perpetual top brass cop six-month pay cuts

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2020
Perpetual chief executive Rob Adams and chair Tony D'Aloisio are taking a 20% cut on their base salaries for six months from July 1, as the company also shrinks variable remuneration company-wide in response to COVID-19. The rest of the group executive ...

Administrators appointed to iProsperity

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2020
... appointment does not extend to the underlying investment of funds managed by the various iProsperity entities. "Our urgent focus is on stabilising the iProsperity Group and commencing a full and thorough investigation into its affairs, including certain ...

Westpac found to be immature, reactive

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2020
... (CORE). The program is a company priority and as chief executive I'm accountable for its delivery." The bank said CORE will focus on the direction and tone set by the board and group executives, setting clear risk boundaries for decision making and providing ...