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Neilsons sell 10% of Platinum

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2019
... Neilsons offloaded it in an off-market institutional offer that was priced at $5 per share which is 50 cents lower than yesterday's close. Platinum Asset Management chair Michael Cole said the partial sale has no impact on the day-to-day investment processes ...

UK to introduce new pension scheme

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2019
... working in telephone, cable, DSL and postal delivery companies in the UK, including Royal Mail. It was finally approved yesterday after a consultation with the 70 stakeholders, including pensions industry, insurers and other bodies. "Many of the more ...

Cbus director wins trustee award

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2019
... in investment costs a year by 2021. Noonan accepted the award at the Conference of Major Superannuation Funds (CMSF) yesterday and acknowledged industry fund pioneer Mavis Robertson as his mentor. "His engagement with the fund is an example of industry ...

Rejuvenated APRA asserts authority

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2019
... the long-awaited passage of a Bill. Deputy chair Helen Rowell told the Conference of Major Superannuation Funds (CMSF) yesterday that APRA has turned a new leaf following several issues and recommendations raised from the banking Royal Commission. Part ...

NFP super funds rise to occasion post-Royal Commission

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2019
... this year's Conference of Major Super Funds (CMSF), which kicked off at the Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre yesterday. Welcoming about 1000 delegates representing over 50 super funds, Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees chief ...

Blue Sky appoints new chief executive

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2019
... manager looks to rebuild following a tumultuous 2018. Cann will join the Brisbane-based firm on April 15. Aspen announced yesterday Cann - who previously served in senior roles at JP Morgan and Aberdeen Asset Management - would depart the group on April ...

Mortgage broker trail commissions to stay

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2019
... trailing commissions on new loans with a review slated for three years down the line, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said yesterday. The competition regulator and the Council of Financial Regulators will conduct the review to determine how trailing commissions ...

Australia in effective recession: Academic

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2019
... yesterday's ABS numbers show the economy is already in effective recession, according to the University of New South Wales. Yesterday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics posted a 0.2% growth in gross domestic product for the three months to December ...

Chief economist update: Cash rate should be 1%

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2019
... prices. Yet, RBA governor Philip Lowe doesn't seem perturbed. Lowe told his audience at the AFR Business Summit yesterday that "the "wealth effect" on consumer spending from falling house prices will be limited to cars and furniture" that is "unlikely ...

New fund to invest in low-carbon Aussie stocks

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2019
... been a signatory to the Principles of Responsible Investing (PRI) since 2009 and last year it received an A rating. Yesterday, Investec announced it was launching a Global Environment Strategy aimed at identify the businesses whose products are contributing ...