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MLC Life restructures, appoints lead

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2020
MLC Life Insurance is combining its group and retail life insurance divisions to better meet client needs, saying the current level of service is not acceptable. The group has also appointed a new executive team to lead the initiative. The life insurer ...

Hostplus can't be killed: Sicilia

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2020
Hostplus chief investment officer Sam Sicilia has firmly rebutted speculation that COVID-19 and the early release of super scheme could have caused a liquidity crisis, detailing a series of extreme events that wouldn't "kill the fund". "There was never ...

Geoff Wilson feels sorry for CLF shareholders

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2020
WAM chair Geoff Wilson has said he feels sorry for CLF shareholders after Concentrated Leaders Fund has rejected a takeover bid proposed by WAM Capital. WAM chair Geoff Wilson told Financial Standard : "I actually feel sorry for CLF shareholders as ...

VFMC director nabs global role

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2020
The CFA Institute has appointed a chair and vice chair to its board of governors, the latter being an industry veteran with more than 30 years' experience across funds management and superannuation. Maria Wilton will now serve as the global association's ...

First State Super makes first take-private bid

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2020
First State Super, soon to be Aware Super, has made a bid to acquire 100% of the shares in a listed telco, in what comes as the super fund's first direct bid for an ASX-listed company. The $95 billion industry super fund has made a bid to acquire ...

Chief economist update: Australia on top despite recession

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2020
... song - remains "Top of the list, King of the hill, A number one..." It may not be Einstein's "relativity theory" or Frank Sinatra's New York, New York but Australia's doing better relative to our peers. Comparing apples with apples (pun intended) ...

Vanguard fund drops "cash plus" name

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2020
Vanguard has joined the growing line of fund managers snipping the "cash plus" tag from their short-term fixed income funds, as ASIC sharpens focus on managed funds advertising. Effective October 1, the Vanguard Cash Plus Fund will be renamed the Vanguard ...

Morningstar upgrades four, downgrades 10

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2020
Following a qualitative review of 69 Australian fixed-interest strategies, ratings house Morningstar has made 15 changes; including upgrades, downgrades, and dropping its coverage of one strategy. The changes are attributable to Morningstar's revised ...

Dividends ripe for the picking

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2020
Australian equities are set to continue to provide dividend income for retirees more so than safe haven assets, according to a retirement income specialist. Plato Investment Management managing director Don Hamson said despite the hearsay that dividends ...

Argo Infrastructure posts $9.3m loss, but increases dividends

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020
The ASX-listed infrastructure investment company has increased its fully franked dividends for the full year, despite reporting a loss of $9.3 million. Argo Global Listed Infrastructure said the multi-million dollar loss was a result of a downward revaluation ...