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SG does wonders for households: Research

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2020
... recent arguments surrounding the hit taken by Australia's super savings during COVID-19, ASFA reinforces the long-term nature of super, saying that while the ASX S&P200 fell 37% in the four weeks from mid-February, since the SG's inception in 1992, the ...

HSBC hit with $2.3bn suit over Disney investments

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2020
... investors focusing on the trading status of the partnerships. The lawyers believe that investors were misled as to the true nature of the structure of the Eclipse partnerships. "Had the true nature been known the schemes would not have proceeded at all ...

COVID-19 brings trading boom

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2020
... profits in the strongest days of the rally. "We see retail investors through the nabtrade platform that are contrarian by nature and they have taken advantage of buying opportunities through this crisis. There's still large amounts of cash coming into ...

Mirova chief labels ethical investing pledges hollow

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020
... sustainable change they should reduce their weighting to passive management on traditional indices, measure their impact on nature and biodiversity and vote more actively at general meetings. "Create impact funds to help companies get back on their feet ...

CBA coughs up $5m over RC case study

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2020
... fees, interest on loans and fees, and underpaid interest on savings. The bank attributed the failure to "the highly manual nature" of systems surrounding the package, as well as "CBA having no systems or processes in place to check whether customers ...

Senator criticises lazy super system

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020
Senator Jane Hume has said the compulsory nature of superannuation allowed super funds to become lazy, creating inefficiencies in the system. She has also hinted the government will soon turn its attention back to the Productivity Commission's recommendation ...

WAM responds to Keybridge claims

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020
... representing approximately 50% of KBC's current NTA," it said. "KBC shareholders have now only been notified of the related party nature of the transaction with Mr Catalano, a material shareholder and current director of KBC." On Monday, Keybridge announced ...

38 staff punished over AUSTRAC scandal: Westpac

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2020
... of hindsight, and noting the boards escalating focus in the area, directors could have recognised earlier the systematic nature of some of the financial crime issues Westpac was facing," it said. "The panel also noted that reporting to the board on financial ...

Atlas Advisors makes wild investment

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2020
... Atlas said the Elanor Wildlife Park Fund is the first of its kind in Australia and is looking to capitalise on the growing nature-based tourism industry. Hedley said parties were looking to add other private zoo and wildlife park assets to the portfolio. ...

Details of Mayfair's default revealed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2020
... $17.7 million, which appeared to relate to investments in Accloud and Paymate India. Mawhinney said that due the illiquid nature of investments, Mayfair would draw on funds under its unsecured loan agreement with Eleuthera to repay IPO Wealth. But, the ...