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Goldman Sachs launches junk bond ETF

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAR 2017
New-York based financial firm Goldman Sachs is planning to launch an ETF which will invest in high-yield corporate debt, according to documents filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. The ETF will track an index of dollar-denominated bonds ...

Barclays fined following ASIC investigation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAR 2017
ASIC accepted enforceable undertakings from three Barclays foreign financial service providers for failing to inform Australian clients they were exempt from holding an AFSL. The enforceable undertaking was accepted following concerns that the Barclays ...

Housing affordability threatens super's future

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAR 2017
Australia's declining home ownership rate has become so serious that it is imposing a significant threat to the adequacy of Australia's retirement income system, according to a new report. If the trend continues retirees will be increasingly forced ...

Grant Samuel flags two senior appointments

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAR 2017
Grant Samuel Funds Management appointed a new head of institutional business and head of retail distribution. Taking on the newly-created institutional business role, Charles Levinge joins Grant Samuel from Franklin Templeton, where he was senior manager ...

Largest Aussie single solar project deal sealed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAR 2017
... the ongoing development of large scale solar in Australia." The projects secured a number of power purchase agreements and grant funding, with the Whitsunday solar farm receiving an Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) large-scale solar grant ...

NAB committed to growing impact investment

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2017
... and for-purpose businesses. The Impact Investment Ready initiative comprises the existing Impact Investment Ready Growth Grant, managed by Impact Investing Australia, and introduces a new Impact Investment Ready Discovery Grant, established by Philanthropy ...

More firepower in Challenger play

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2017
... recent media briefing in Sydney, CI Financial chief executive Peter Anderson spoke about the firm's recent acquisition of Grant Samuel Funds Management and how it diversifies the company's dominant Canadian stable. Anderson said if the right opportunity ...

ASIC watching SMSF advice closely

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 20 FEB 2017
ASIC will undertake a major project focused on the advice provided to self-managed super fund clients, particularly around the establishment of SMSFs, as the regulator continues its work to lift the standard of financial advice in Australia. Deputy ...

Impact Investing Australia chief to depart

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 20 FEB 2017
... driving the implementation of Impact Capital Australia and achieving sustainability for the Impact Investment Ready Growth Grant. "Since we launched the Australian Advisory Board on Impact Investing's strategy to catalyse impact investing in and from ...

Bus operator fails to pay super

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2017
... able to protect their own rights, and least able to locate and obtain employment in the community," Federal Circuit judge Grant Riethmuller said. The Gold Coast operator has acknowledged the underpayments, and set a payment plan in place to reimburse ...