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New Year, new APRA

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2019
... believed APRA's communication with them to be clear; however the regulator believes it can still do more to strengthen this figure in 2020. The regulator also identified room for improvement with its fourth KPI; streamlining and coordinating compliance ...

Salaries of the rich and famous

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2019
Take a moment of silence for Australia's highest paid chief executive Shemara Wikramanayake, whose British counterpart surpassed her annual salary by more than $500 million. Based on today's conversion rates, Bet365 chief executive Denise Coates raked ...

Chief economist update: More jobs dull rate cut bets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2019
'twas a good present for the Australian economy (and just in time to bring Christmas cheer) but the equity market didn't like it. The S&P/ASX 200 index closed 0.3% lower after the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released the latest update ...

ASX 200 hits female director target

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2019
... Incitec, Ansell, Abacus Property Group, CSR and Clinuvel all had equal gender diversity on their boards. Armour said the new figure demonstrates corporate Australia's commitment to gender diversity. "It is clear that Australia's largest companies see ...

Greater potential for smart beta: Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2019
... products is growing, there is still limited choice for investors. "One gets the sense that manufacturers are still trying to figure what would be most attractive to Australian retail investors, particularly given the need to educated investors about ...

More MySuper accounts close than open: APRA

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 17 DEC 2019
Latest data from APRA shows more MySuper accounts closed in the last financial year than were opened. According to APRA's annual MySuper statistics, about 2,151,403 new MySuper accounts were created in the 2018/19 financial year. However, about 2,189,859 ...

Thousands exit Westpac raise

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2019
... $270 million, with 31.9 million new shares to be issued to share placement plan applicants today. The bank said the final figure of $770 million did not include the $68 million of withdrawal requests it accepted from around 3390 eligible applicants who ...

Elders FP to shutter

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2019
Elders Financial Planning will be wound down over the coming months, the dealer group has confirmed. In a statement to Financial Standard, a spokesperson for Elders Financial Planning confirmed a decision to close the dealer group was reached at the ...

Aussies unprepared for wealth transfer

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2019
Despite the largest intergenerational wealth transfer to date looming, more than half of Australians do not have an estate plan in place. New research from Perpetual shows 56% of Australians do not have a will in place, with 53% of parents admitting ...

Industry fund for coal miners on ESG journey

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2019
Mine Super, the $11 billion industry fund for the coal mining industry, has clarified its position on a number of ESG issues. Vasyl Nair is the chief risk officer for Mine Super, he recently spoke at a panel on ESG issues at the annual Investment Performance ...