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BT Financial Group divests Ascalon

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018
... Ascalon, assuming complete ownership at the completion of the transaction. As a result, Westpac will cease to hold an interest in Ascalon and Ascalon will continue to hold minority interests in Morphic Asset Management and Deepwater Capital. Any other ...

Boutique manager expands research team

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2018
... join our business." "We have a distinct and disciplined investment proposition that is meeting with a strong level of interest among thoughtful investors of all types. We are making pleasing progress in building to an investment team of four and will ...

MSCI launches tobacco exclusion indexes

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2018
... both passive and active portfolios," Yang said. "There is growing demand for exclusionary indexes globally, including interest among the world's largest pension and endowment funds for tobacco exclusion benchmarks." The firm's initial suite of tobacco ...

Super funds call for grandfathering ban

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2018
... standards and expectations is at the heart of engendering confidence in the system. Perceived and actual conflicts of interest, if not managed appropriately, do the opposite," he said. "Given the fiduciary nature of superannuation it is reasonable to ...

Royal Commission tables life insurance policy questions

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2018
Numerous policy questions that arose from the life insurance round of the Royal Commission could shake up the direct life insurance segment and potentially ban conflicted remuneration in risk products. The document, released yesterday, questions the ...

Three down one to go, then another three in 2019

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2018
... were encouraged by the removal of the phrase, "The stance of monetary policy remains accommodative..." which implied US interest rates have hit their neutral levels - i.e. the level at which interest rates don't boost or hinder economic growth. Another ...

AMP ditches SMSF lending

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2018
... Westpac. AMP will support current SMSF home loan customers. But starting November, they will not be able to switch to interest-only or refinance their loans. This leaves Macquarie, Bendigo Bank and Bank of Queensland who continue to lend to SMSFs. Westpac ...

Make sure you have cash: Geoff Wilson

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2018
... investors yesterday, Before the GFC, Wilson's funds had about 35% in cash. "We are a little nervous," Wilson said. "US interest rates are backing up a little bit and it's the longest bull market in the US." "We can only give general advice, I ...

J.P. Morgan expands derivatives clearing

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2018
... investor clients that can benefit from a local solution." "Clients that are trading AUD and NZD overnight index swaps and interest rate swaps will be able to take maximum advantage of a local clearing provider open through the Australian business day ...

Family office invests in absolute return fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2018
... months or less. The fund says the collateralised nature of its debt makes the fund unlikely to be affected by equities or interest rates markets. In an announcement made on Friday, Singapore family office BMFA Group has committed to invest $34 million ...