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AMP to return $1.1bn to shareholders

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2022
... industry consolidation is putting continued price pressures on the business, driving down margins, However, the group's overall simplification and improvements in investment performance should see costs lowered. She also said regulation and industry ...

Commonwealth Bank profit nears $10bn

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2022
... total dividend for the year of $3.85 per share, fully franked. CBA managing director and chief executive Matt Comyn said: "Overall we have returned $13 billion to our share holders in the last 12 months through buybacks and dividends." The bank also ...

Business confidence, conditions rally: NAB

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2022
... increases. "Importantly, the strength in demand continues to allow firms to pass higher costs onto their customers, with overall product prices growing 2.7% and retail prices growing 3.3% - both at new highs," NAB said. "Overall, the survey suggests ...

ASIC flags 'significant' IDR compliance issues at super funds

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2022
... of delay, and process failures. Under RG 271, super trustees must record every single complaint that comes their way. Overall, ASIC said funds recorded complaints at a rate of 30 for every 10,000 members. However, 10% of funds recorded less than 10 complaints ...

Value investing a likely winner: Maple-Brown

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2022
... fund manager concluded that equity markets have much more upside risk than downside risk when factoring interest rates. Overall, Lobb said: "We believe that 2022 could well be, once again, a game of two very different halves." "Allocating away from equities ...

NGS Super divests oil, gas producers

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2022
... a stranded asset. "We didn't [divest] in 2021 off the back of our initial establishment of the target because the overall research we needed to do was to understand the degree of carbon across our portfolio," Squires said. "That was the first body ...

Insignia Financial, Personetics partnership

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2022
... Australians. Having a confident understanding of your saving behaviours, attitudes to debt, risk and investing can lead to an overall sense of financial wellbeing," Mota said. "We see a tremendous opportunity to improve the lives of Australians by making ...

FSC guidance looks to eliminate greenwashing

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2022
... The FSC added: "Where portfolio emissions targets are being set, they (asset managers) should specifically consider the overall investment strategy of the portfolio to ensure there are no conflicts between targets and the overall investment objectives. ...

Mercer wins sovereign wealth fund mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2022
... come to us to outsource their investment needs for this access and expertise. It is contributing to a reduction in their overall costs and allowing them to focus on the many other challenges facing their organisations," Hughes said. "We're delighted ...

Financial product registrations up 30%

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2022
... approximately 14% on the prior year. "Closed end products such as mortgage trusts continue to increase their contribution to overall registration growth numbers." APIR also expanded its identification coverage with the first registration of insurance ...