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Funds valued illiquid asset correctly: ASIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 AUG 2021
Corporate regulator ASIC stopped just short of praising fund managers on how they handled valuing illiquid assets at the height of COVID-19. ASIC found that the responsible entities of the funds were responsive to the increased valuation risks during ...

Profit boost for CBA, ups remediation bill

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 AUG 2021
Despite reporting a $1.4 billion profit boost, Commonwealth Bank's legacy financial advice business and legal troubles continue to eat away at the bottom line. In releasing its FY21 results this morning, CBA's provisional remediation bill owed ...

How wealthy families protect assets no matter what

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 AUG 2021
The wealthiest families in the world have mastered the art of asset protection through generations, even in the face of unpredictable and unprecedented events like the current pandemic. This was the consensus during a recent panel discussion on integrated ...

EQT ups bid for Iress

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 AUG 2021
EQT Fund Management increased its takeover bid for Iress and made allowances for an interim dividend for shareholders. EQT upped its bid from $15.75 per Iress share to $15.91 plus a dividend of 16 cents per share. In its two previous bids, EQT did not ...

NAB to buy Citigroup's Australian consumer banking business

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 10 AUG 2021
NAB's purchase of Citigroup's local consumer business includes Citi's roughly 4000 wealth clients. NAB will pay Citigroup cash for the net assets and a premium of $250 million. Citigroup's consumer banking business includes lending assets of $12.2 billion ...

Government passes continuous disclosure changes

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 10 AUG 2021
The government yesterday passed changes to Corporations Act that loosens disclosure requirements for companies, while also introducing legislation to make virtual AGMs permanent. Under the amendment, companies and directors will be liable for continuous ...

Super ASX dominance trends down: Research

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 AUG 2021
Despite being among the prime targets of the government's recently launched inquiry into common ownership, new analysis from Rainmaker Information finds the share of the ASX held by superannuation funds is actually falling. In 2019, Rainmaker predicted ...

Booming market for financial services jobs

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 10 AUG 2021
According to Kaizen Recruitment, which specialises in financial services, lockdowns have not cooled a hot job market for finance professionals. The recruitment firm said positive momentum from the first quarter of 2021 only accelerated into the second ...

Sunsuper, Iress launch adviser data feed

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 10 AUG 2021
Sunsuper and Iress have launched a solution that enables financial advisers to efficiently access clients' superannuation data. Advisers can now access super information in their clients' portfolios when using Iress' advice software Xplan. ...

New retail investors go digital

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 AUG 2021
The popularity of retail investing is continuing to grow with more than 1.43 million unique individuals participating in online trading as interest in cryptocurrency grows, new research shows. The latest Investment Trends 2021 1H Australia Online Investing ...