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What Future Fund looks for in managers

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2019
... sovereign wealth fund well in times of capital abundance, a Future Fund executive said at a conference in Melbourne yesterday. Speaking to the Australian Investment Council Conference in Melbourne yesterday, Future Fund deputy chief investment officer ...

ASIC prepares to be primary super conduct regulator

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2019
... itself to be the primary conduct regulator in superannuation. Speaking at a Risk Management Association Australia event yesterday, Hughes said ASIC's role in regulating the conduct of super funds was one of the most significant changes for ASIC to ...

Senate creates committee on fintech, regtech

KRISTI CHENG  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2019
Passed yesterday, the motion - brought by Senator Andrew Bragg -establishes a committee to inquire and report on fintech and regtech opportunities, barriers, and future trends. It will examine the "size and scope" of the opportunity fintech and regtech ...

Chief economist update: 'Paradox of Thrift' in action

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2019
Like the fable of the "boiling frog" - put a frog into boiling water, the frog will jump out, put it in cold/tepid water and bring the water slowly to a boil and it will be cooked to death - the Australian economy is slowly being boiled... to death. ...

Vanguard hires PM Capital sales director

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2019
... new range of actively-managed funds, which opened its first two fundamentally-managed funds to Australian investors yesterday. Noone joined PM Capital in 2017 as a sales director, taking responsibility for distributing the boutique's strategies to ...

The end of grandfathered commissions

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2019
The Ending Grandfathered Conflicted Remuneration Bill 2019 was passed in the House of Representatives yesterday but the industry believes the timeline for doing so will leave Australians worse off. Passing yesterday, the legislation will see the banning ...

Beware dodgy auditors, sudden CFO moves: Plato

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2019
... have any your share price goes up on average 12% per annum," managing director Don Hamson said at a briefing in Sydney yesterday "If you've got six or more, it's the other extreme, you go down by about 15%." Hamson explained that a recent example of ...

Who foots the bill when super funds merge?

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2019
... Ken Marshman asked panelists involved in superannuation mergers at the Australian Superannuation Investment Conference yesterday. The panel discussed how mergers will impact the investment strategy of superannuation funds. The panelists included Tasplan ...

Look to 2008 survivors: Ausbil

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2019
... classes which contain growth opportunities even in extremely tough economic times, the fund manager said. At a briefing yesterday, Ausbil portfolio manager of global listed infrastructure Tim Humphreys said: "We look for assets and companies that are ...

Advice association merger up to members

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2019
... say never, but at the moment it's about trying to ensure that that relationship and that engagement bears fruit." Yesterday, De Gori became the first sitting FPA chief executive to attend an AFA National Conference, when he joined the audience on ...