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WAM wins Blue Sky bid, appoints directors

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2020
Shareholders of embattled alternatives investments company Blue Sky have voted in favour of joining the Wilson Asset Management stable at an extraordinary general meeting held yesterday afternoon. The investment company's name will be changed to WAM ...

Morningstar upgrades four, downgrades 10

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2020
... client demand, Morningstar discontinued its coverage of BNY Mellon's Standish Global Bond. Only one strategy was awarded a gold medal in the annual review: PIMCO's Australian Bond Wholesale fund.

Female fund managers outperform men

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2020
Funds managed by female portfolio managers are outperforming those managed by men amid the pandemic-induced market turbulence, according to Goldman Sachs research. Some 43% of female-managed funds have outperformed their benchmark year to date, compared ...

AMP reviews business units

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2020
AMP has announced its board is undertaking a portfolio review of the group's assets and businesses, in the first major move by newly appointed chair Debra Hazelton. The embattled wealth manager said its board remains committed to AMP's transformation ...

Labor says yes, economists say no to SG rise

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2020
Former Labor Prime Ministers Kevin Rudd and Paul Keating have slammed the possibility the Liberal party may ditch the planned rise to the super guarantee as economists warn against it going ahead. Speaking at a socially distanced press conference, Rudd ...

Dividends ripe for the picking

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2020
... dividend income have traditionally looked to the big four banks, other opportunities have emerged including iron ore miners and gold miners. "We anticipate Australia's gold miners will also continue to perform well on the back of global economic concerns ...

Earnings season worst on record: CommSec

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020
... record of $141 billion up $30 billion from June 30 2019. Despite the monumental losses for several companies, a number of gold companies flourished in the wake of increased demand and prices such as Newcrest Mining, Silver Lake Resource and Saracen Mineral. ...

Liberal senator slams super

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2020
... amount in tax concessions. "Most of these fees go to white collar blowhards in Sydney and Melbourne. Every week rivers of gold flow out of regional communities," he said. Rennick hinted at a High Court challenge to question whether super was constitutional ...

Melbourne boutique wins Crestone allocation

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2020
Crestone Wealth Management has allocated to a Melbourne boutique's real assets fund that targets 7-11% per year in returns while aiming for a measurable social impact. The HNW advice firm will use Conscious Investment Management's impact fund, which ...

Vision Super revises investment strategy

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2020
... this was done to better meet the new objectives and maintain a low probability of negative returns. "We've also introduced gold as a new asset class for some of our premixed investment options. Gold may be a valuable source of diversification and provide ...