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Economic recap: Week to July 16

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2021
The Delta variant that's doing the rounds in Greater Sydney crossed the Victorian border last week - prompting a five-day lockdown in the state at about the same time that NSW imposed tighter restrictions. Previous to this and conducted "through ...

UniSuper's O'Sullivan on what's next

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2021
Two months out from his last day at UniSuper, chief executive Kevin O'Sullivan talks to Financial Standard about his eight years at the fund, going public offer and staying away from mergers. O'Sullivan arrived at UniSuper in 2013, after a career ...

ASIC releases grandfathered arrangement findings

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2021
The corporate regulator said it was pleased with how the financial advice industry ended conflicted grandfathered arrangements, with 96% of product issuers complying with the new law that took effect at the start of the year. ASIC found that 1227 financial ...

Top economist Don Stammer to fund UNE scholarship

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2021
Before he was an investment banker and economist with an enviable career spanning more than half a century, Don Stammer was just a 'Vacy boy' trying to beat the odds. He pays it forward this year with a university scholarship program, held in ...

Crypto fund hires from Blue Sky

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2021
A new cryptocurrency fund has launched in Australia has appointed its chief investment officer from Blue Sky Alternatives. The Monochrome Bitcoin Fund, a unit trust aiming to provide institutional investors exposure to Bitcoin, launched last month. ...

Retirement portfolios need a rethink: Research

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2021
A sufficient level of retirement income relies on income volatility as a measure of the risk of impaired living standards in retirement rather than asset return volatility, new research shows. New research from Franklin Templeton subsidiary Martin Currie ...

No charges in AMP BOLR investigation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2021
ASIC's criminal investigation into AMP's fee-for-no-service conduct related to its Buyer of Last Resort Policy has wrapped up, with the regulator and Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions determining no charges should be brought. Under ...

ASI specialist joins boutique

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUL 2021
Aberdeen Standard Investments' (ASI) senior investment specialist, cross-asset has jumped ship to a financial advice asset consultant. Nick Schoenmaker has joined Evidentia Group as a senior asset consultant. He spent over two years at ASI as the proxy ...

Raiz rolls out SMSF functionality

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUL 2021
Self-managed superannuation fund trustees are the latest target market for financial services platform Raiz. Raiz Invest is now open to SMSFs. It charges a fee of 0.275% per annum for balances over $15,000 ($20,000 for the Custom Portfolio offer) which ...

IFM airport bid falls over

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUL 2021
The IFM Investors bid to purchase Sydney Airport for $8.25 a share has been rejected. A consortium comprising IFM, QSuper and Global Infrastructure Management made the offer to Sydney Airport on July 5, with Barrenjoey and UBS advising. After an assessment ...