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Australian fund caught in email scandal

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2019
... recommending: "The NAIF cease use of all non-official email accounts and servers to conduct official business." The report states: "The NAIF did not implement effective arrangements to support integrity and transparency throughout all elements of its ...

Chief economist update: Japan yearns for a weaker yen

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2019
... easing in inflation suggest yen depreciation, its relative monetary policy differential, particularly against the United States and the Eurozone, indicates otherwise. Time for the BOJ to "consider easing policy."

AMP, IOOF: Saved by ESG

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2019
... following the Royal Commission to develop an integrated ESG approach to better governance. In regards to AMP, the report states: "We reflected on the deteriorating view of the management quality and governance as well as the dilutive approach to shareholder ...

CBA, ASIC move to resolve AFSL conditions

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2019
... providing information to. CBA subsequently rectified these failures by writing to the clients after the deadlines," the report states. "As a final step, before ASIC makes a decision on the removal of the additional licence conditions, the boards of directors ...

Chief economist update: EUr next

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2019
... tweeted: "The World Trade Organization finds that the European Union subsidies to Airbus has adversely impacted the United States, which will now put tariffs on $11 billion of EU products! The EU has taken advantage of the U.S. on trade for many years. ...

Colonial acquisition cost CBA shareholders $53bn: Merlon

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2019
... decisions from big companies like CBA and BHP can affect the retirement outcomes for millions of Australians. The note states: "We advocate for stronger shareholder protections more aligned to the UK regime that requires shareholder approval for any ...

Corporate superannuation fund hunts new chair

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2019
... three-year term. David Leggo departs TelstraSuper on 30 June 2019; he joined the board in 2010. The fund's constitution states directors can serve a total of three terms of three years. He is the former long-serving chair of AvSuper, having joined ...

Financial product design and distribution law passes

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2019
... "Distributors are prohibited from distributing a product unless a current target market determination is in place," the Bill states. If consumers make a complaint about the product and distribution, distributors have to relate the number and nature of ...

Christian Super launches reconciliation action plan

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 1 APR 2019
... to build higher trust, lower prejudice, and increase pride in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures." The plan states that Christian Super has already begun to provide engagement and support for the First Nations Foundation Big Super Day Out ...

Melbourne boutique hires portfolio manager

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2019
... allocations are tilted towards Australian government bonds, state bonds (where it doesn't invest West of Melbourne, in mining states) and supranational bonds. But last March, it seeded a sophisticated/wholesale investor-only strategy that invests ...