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Funds SA appoints director of asset allocation

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAR 2021
... to this, he worked at AMP Capital for nearly eight years including as an investment strategist. He started at Funds SA in March and reports to its chief investment officer Richard Friend. "The appointment of Brendan is an important addition to our investment ...

Chief economist update: Japan to double down on stimulus?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 MAR 2021
... 5.3% in the December 2020 quarter - after recording three straight quarters of contraction - 1.9% in December 2019; 0.5% in March 2020; 8.3% in June 2020 (the sharpest decline on record) but its current recovery is far from being sustainable and, at ...

Mawhinney not dishonest, just irresponsible: ASIC

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAR 2021
... due diligence," the press release claimed. "Not one investor had filed a written complaint prior to ASIC's intervention in March 2020. All investor interest and redemptions were up to date at the time." Financial Standard has heard from several such ...

Local fund manager expands in Asia

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2021
... million in gross assets under management and advice, 25 staff and operations in both Singapore and Hong Kong, AVC said in March 11 company filings. Auctus has signed binding agreements to pay US$500,000 in cash to buy a 9.9% in Odyssey. This will go ...

Chief economist update: Confidence contagion

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2021
... confidence hardly a surprise. The Westpac-Melbourne Institute index of consumer confidence rose by 2.6% to a reading of 111.8 in March, "just 0.2 points below the December level which was a ten-year high. The main factors driving the Index are improving ...

AMP Capital Ethical Leaders dropped by another super fund

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2021
... option. The fund said it has concerns over the potential liquidity of the Ethical Leaders Balanced Fund in the short-term. In March 2020 the AMP Capital Ethical Leaders Balanced Fund had just under $1 billion in funds under management, as of December ...

Mayfair 101 wins case, questions remain

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 8 MAR 2021
... the money out early there was a 30-day notice period and a 1.5% fee and that he never used the phrase "term deposit". In March 2020, Klees purchased a property and told Mayfair 101 he wanted to get his money out. Two weeks later, he was told Mayfair ...

Australian recovery has been outstanding: La Trobe Financial

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2021
... the world, resulting in domestics economies going into a freefall. Andrews said despite Australia's GDP "tanking" in March 2020, and then plummeting in June, with the largest quarterly fall in Australian economic history, the rebound has been a classic ...

State Street loses Fearless Girl replica claim

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAR 2021
... fund (the SPDR SSGA Gender Diversity Index ETF) and a campaign for 3500 to increase the number of women on their boards. In March 2017, a day before International Women's Day, State Street (US) installed the statue opposite the Charging Bull statue ...

Aon, WTW merger will reduce competition: ACCC

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2021
... and at the special meeting of WTW shareholders which was ordered by the High Court of Ireland. The merger was proposed in March 2020 with an agreement to merge operations in an all-stock transaction with an implied combined equity value of about $121 ...