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ASX outage result of process failures, disagreement

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2021
Following an independent review on a major trading glitch last November, the Australian Securities Exchange has come out relatively unscathed. The joint investigation by ASIC, the Reserve Bank of Australia and IBM into the implementation of the Nasdaq ...

Fortius, PGIM make $214m property acquisition

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 12 AUG 2021
Fortius Funds Management and PGIM Real Estate have partnered to acquire a Brisbane office building from LaSalle Investment Management. The two acquired 307 Queen Street in Brisbane CBD off-market for $214.48 million from LaSalle. The office building ...

Westpac sells life insurance unit

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 9 AUG 2021
Westpac has agreed to offload its life insurance business to TAL Dai-ichi Life Australia for about $900 million. Westpac is due to make a $1.3 billion post-tax loss from the sale. The cash consideration of $900 million includes ongoing payments to Westpac ...

Investors greenlight LIC to ETF conversion

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021
Unitholders in the Monash Absolute Investment Company (MA1) yesterday voted in favour of converting the LIC to a listed open-ended fund. The Monash Absolute Investment Company (MA1) last year initiated the process to convert from the closed-ended structure ...

Westpac profit climbs, executive leaves

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2021
Westpac has signalled its recovery from the pandemic with cash earnings increasing by 256% to $3.5 billion over the last 12 months, as it looks to reduce costs by 2024 and farewells a key executive. In its half-year results, Westpac recorded a 189% ...

Westpac earnings take hit

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 26 APR 2021
The bank has announced a $282 million hit to its statutory profit after an increase in customer refunds, software write-downs and accounting losses, ahead of its interim results. Westpac recorded $220 million in customer refunds, payments, associated ...

JANA hires from NYSE

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAR 2021
The asset consultant has appointed a head of technology and operations from the New York Stock Exchange as it builds out its digital transformation team. Ann-Mary Rajanayagam spent over four years at the NYSE as a program manager in equities, options ...

Vanguard, Fidelity, BetaShares rank low on ESG: Report

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2020
New research from Morningstar has attempted to wade through the greenwashing in funds management based on managers' overall commitment - with some surprising results. The research looked at more than 100 strategies and 40 asset managers to provide ...

Westpac hit with $1.2bn of losses

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2020
Westpac will be hit with $1.2 billion worth of losses mostly driven by its life insurance business and AUSTRAC penalties. The bank flagged the massive loss ahead of releasing its full year 2020 results on November 2. Goodwill and intangibles associated ...

QInsure ramps up claims technology

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2020
QSuper's insurance arm has upgraded its systems in an effort to streamline the claims management process. QInsure has moved from FINEOS's Claims system to the Claims SaaS edition on the Dublin-based firm's platform. The insurance claims ...