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FSC aggregates insurance industry data

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2018
... the project's delivery in Melbourne today, the culmination of two years' work with APRA and ASIC. "For the first time, armed with a large scale base of reliable statistics, the industry will be able to show how much it pays in claims per impairment ...

Westpac ditches SMSF lending

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2018
... SMSF is important but in practice many don't achieve it. The amount of cash held by SMSFs has declined for the first time since 2009, coming down to $174 billion in 2018 down from $184 billion the previous year. Yet respondents reported a 21% cash ...

Pengana adds social measures to impact reporting

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2018
The $3 billion fund manager has incorporated social measures into its WHEB Asset Management Impact Report for the first time. Pengana launched its 2017 WHEB Asset Management Impact report, incorporating four social measures in addition to the five environmental ...

Chief economist update: Lessons from the last world trade war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 JUN 2018
... the world, and as we talk to them they continually and increasingly express concern about trade developments. For the first time we are hearing about decision to postpone investment, postpone hiring, postpone making decisions." ECB President Mario Draghi ...

SMSF cash balances not ballooning: BGL

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2018
... said. Last week, a report by Vanguard and Investment Trends found the amount of cash held by SMSFs declined for the first time since 2009, coming down to $174 billion in 2018 from $184 billion the previous year. Of this, $50 billion was considered "excess ...

Tribeca to become wholly owned by management

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2018
... stake of its longstanding distribution partner, after which it will be 100% owned by its management executives for the first time in 10 years. This will occur once the buy-back process with Grant Samuel Funds Management is completed, and it will have ...

SMSFs missing out on returns

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2018
... continued largely at the expense of direct shares," the report said. The amount of cash held by SMSFs has declined for the first time since 2009, coming down to $174 billion in 2018 down from $184 billion the previous year. Yet respondents reported a ...

Magellan launches retail Australian equities fund

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2018
... of Airlie Funds Management has led to the latter launching its Australian equities fund to retail investors for the first time. The Airlie Australian Share Fund holds a concentrated portfolio of 15-35 Australian listed companies. It currently has $5 ...

More adviser participation needed to shape ethics code

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2018
... guidance from the regulatory body charged with enforcing that law?" he questioned. Acknowledging that it is not the first time such a concept has been applied to professional conduct, Lavery said: "Nonetheless, it is a far-reaching concept that advisers ...

Baby boomers receive $259 million, pension work bonus lifted

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
... $258.6 million baby boomer package. This is an increase of $50 a week or $1300 a year from the current limit. For the first time, self-employed retirees will also be able to avail the $300 per fortnight pension work bonus. The Combined Pensioners and ...