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SMSFs not for everybody: ASIC

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 14 OCT 2019
... self-managed super fund to do it or can you just manage it elsewhere?" ASIC also moved to warn Australians of the time intensive nature of managing a super fund, noting SMSF trustees spend more than 100 hours managing their SMSF each year. "Where people ...

Crunch time for boutique funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2019
... stocks, which are vested for three to five years and on a rolling basis, Nguyen says. But sometimes leaving is just human nature. "Motivations can be personal, cultural or financial. People usually leave when there is misalignment and they feel unsatisfied ...

One regulatory regime enough: FSC

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2019
... the unfair contract terms regime to life insurance but has stipulated adjustments should be made to allow the long term nature of life insurance contracts to continue. Loane said it made "perfect sense" for life insurance to have the unfair contract ...

Global asset manager moves into healthcare

KRISTI CHENG  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2019
... global and local experience, which allows us to execute and rive value in these sectors." He said the "highly fragmented" nature of healthcare ownership in Australia, in which there is minimal securitisation of real estate, allows AXA IM - Real Assets ...

Buyback ensures Aussie ownership

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2019
... market liquidity in the trading of our shares has been an issue of focus for some time." "Further, the cash generative nature of our business has seen us accumulate a large cash holding over time. A buyback of shares is a sound use of a portion of our ...

YBR to remediate wealth clients

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2019
... annual statement setting out fees to be paid and services they are entitled to receive. YBR flagged that provisions of this nature require "significant levels of judgement" and a sample-based review was conducted to estimate the fees that may need to ...

ATO to crack down on SG non-payment

KRISTI CHENG  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2019
... incrementally integrate data analytics tools into its engagement and treatment strategies to address SG non-payment, the timely nature of the data enabling it to invest in intervention and preventative treatments. An example of such a preventative treatment ...

IFM Investors sets significant emissions targets

KRISTI CHENG  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2019
... smart management systems and energy efficient office spaces. CEFC chief executive Ian Learmonth highlighted the enduring nature of infrastructure assets, and from that, the impact it has on Australia's carbon footprint. "These infrastructure assets will ...

Plato to raise $200 million

KRISTI CHENG  |  THURSDAY, 15 AUG 2019
... provide more liquidity, a more diverse shareholder base, and a lower management expense ratio". Plato highlighted the diverse nature of PL8, which they said had around 100 stocks across small-cap, large-cap, and gold stocks. Senior portfolio manager ...

Suncorp pressured on coal

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2019
... industries fuelling this crisis." Brait told Financial Standard that Market Forces has been unable to confirm the exact nature of Suncorp's underwriting exposures to coal, oil and gas - saying it is difficult to find information about what companies ...