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Bond investor sues Australian government

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2020
... class action on the back of O'Donnell's case. O'Donnell's case and the class action will not be seeking any dollar amount in damages. Instead, Barnden said the case is about whether the government has a responsibility to disclose climate ...

Life insurance needs to prove value

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2020
Life insurance claims paid out billions of dollars to Australians last year. However, the industry needs to focus on creating awareness for its members as it is faced with negative sentiment, specifically around group insurance, the FSC Life Insurance ...

SMSFA, FSC call for infrastructure investment access

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2020
... been excluded from investing in transparent and liquid investment vehicles to house infrastructure because of the high dollar threshold for this investment and the illiquid nature of the asset. However, this asset class offers a relatively low-risk investment ...

Citi adds to markets, custody leadership

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2020
... caused by the pandemic." McKerihan joined Salomon Brothers as a salesperson with responsibility for central banks in non-US dollar markets in 1989. She was appointed head of fixed income sales for Asia Pacific in 1999 moving to Hong Kong to manage the ...

Xinja dabbles in US stocks

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2020
Neobank Xinja has announced plans to launch a US share trading platform Dabble, giving investors access to over 3000 stocks and exchange traded funds (ETFs). Xinja claims Dabble will make names like Tesla, Facebook, Google and Amazon accessible and ...

IFM pledges to kickstart COVID-19 recovery

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2020
Industry super owned IFM Investors has a plan for infrastructure investing that it says could save the Australian economy from COVID-19. The $140 billion investment manager owned by 27 industry funds has proposed the Building Australia Model as a means ...

Macquarie tops mandate league tables

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2020
... Barwon and AMP Capital won two mandates each in property. However, looking past the number of mandates and focusing on the dollar amount, different winners top the tables. Macquarie's wins totaled $626 million (16th spot), IFM Investors' total ...

FSU secures super pay increases

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2020
The Financial Sector Union (FSU) has confirmed employees at a number of super funds will receive pay increases in a deal that followed 12 months of negotiation. The FSU said it was pleased to have reached decisions with a number of super funds including ...

Financial institution charged over Epstein scandal

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2020
... Estonia and FBME failed to properly monitor the activities of foreign bank clients with respect to their correspondent and dollar clearing business. "Danske Estonia, which is at the center of one of the world's largest money laundering scandals ...

Melburnians back in the lockup

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2020
All of Metropolitan Melbourne will be back in lockdown before the clock strikes midnight tonight. Victoria's Department of Health and Human Services advises that from 11:59pm, 8 July 2020, Melburnians will only be allowed to leave home for four ...