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Dividends ripe for the picking

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2020
... continue to provide superior income compared to most other asset classes," he said. "Following back-to-back rate cuts in March, retirees relying on so-called safe assets, such as cash, bonds and term deposits simply won't be able to pay the bills and ...

Shareholders approve Aon, WTW merger

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2020
... shareholders would own 63% of the combined company, while WTW shareholders would own 37%. The merger was initially announced in March this year, quickly followed by the filing of at least three lawsuits alleging WTW and its directors filed incomplete ...

QIC portfolio manager moves to Funds SA

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2020
... alternatives. Funds SA last year ended its 19-year-long relationship with J.P. Morgan as its custodian and picked Northern Trust. In March, it postponed the transition date from April 1 to second half of this year.

Global fund manager enters Australian market

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2020
... diversity and women to leadership positions, as well as mitigating climate change and ecological damage. Having set up shop in March 2019, Promethos's assets under management has grown to about US$30million ($41.9m). Sydney-based Robert Harrison ...

Law firm demands Pahari documents from AMP

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2020
... the investigation had ultimately exonerated Szlakowski - causing Szlakowski to resign from her role with AMP Capital in March 2018. "It was impressed upon me that my success at AMP was inextricably tied to my harasser's support and mentorship. That ultimately ...

QIC appoints committee chair

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2020
... investment executives from the global private capital team, the chief risk officer and Nankivell as the independent chair. In March, QIC brought home an executive from its US business to replace Marcus Simpson, who retired as the head of global private ...

New 'cash plus' style sovereign bond fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2020
... would add volatility." He said the government-backed instruments the fund invests in are highly liquid, and held up well in March and April's illiquidity. "This is only sovereign debt, not using corporate credit instruments at all. It's low risk returns ...

ACSRF, NGS Super explore merger

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2020
... Super (expected around November 30) and merged with VicSuper, while Cbus and Media Super are conducting due diligence. In March, Tasplan and MTAA Super, who committed to a merger late last year, moved back the date of the merger from 1 October 2020 to ...

ERS will impact those who didn't access super: REST

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2020
... initially unknown," Doyle said. "We had to ensure that we had more cash available than we thought we would need because back in March and April, we didn't know what world we were facing." Doyle said changing allocations to be higher in cash will impact ...

APRA reopens for licences

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2020
... September. The issuing of licences will recommence in two phases with the first starting in September and phase two commencing in March 2021. Licences will only be issued to applicants during phase one that are subsidiaries of foreign entities with significant ...