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Retailers should be wary of Amazon: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 4 DEC 2017
The majority of people polled in Financial Standard's weekly survey believe the launch of Amazon Marketplace in Australia has potentially dire consequences for local retailers. One-in-four (25%) respondents strongly agree the e-commerce giant will negatively ...

Meat industry fund welcomes new chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2017
... on behalf of about 70,000 members, largely comprised of employees of Australia's meat industry - the overwhelming majority of which are in the fund's MySuper option. Recent Rainmaker data shows the three year performance to September 2017 of AMIST Super's ...

Contango swaps investment managers following AGM

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 28 NOV 2017
The majority of Contango Microcap (CTN) shareholders approved the proposal to remove Contango Asset Management (CGA) as the firm's investment manager at the annual general meeting today. The new investment manager for CTN will be NAOS Asset Management. ...

Impact of dementia on estate planning efficacy

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2017
... his behalf, as he had never had capacity to create his own will. "The court eventually approved a will that left the majority of the estate to the mother and siblings, with a small portion allocated to the father. Without the statutory will, the father ...

SSGA dismisses ETF bubble concerns

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 NOV 2017
... different liquidity characteristics of the issuance market and the exchange. "That's actually not the case. The vast majority of ETF trades that happen on exchanges in US markets do not result in a creation or redemption with the fund. Risk is transferred ...

gigSuper reaches out to self-employed

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 NOV 2017
... Stanhope and Martin Batur say they're out to solve the "dirty little secret of the self-employed", namely that the vast majority of them don't voluntarily contribute to superannuation. "Seventy-five per cent of self-employed [Australians] are not currently ...

CBA avoids board spill

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 17 NOV 2017
CBA avoided a board spill after the majority of shareholders voted in favour of the remuneration report that was overhauled hot on the heels of AUSTRAC alleging the bank breached anti-money laundering laws. About 92% of shareholders approved the remuneration ...

Xero founder sells $94.5m in shares to fund philanthropy

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 17 NOV 2017
... co-founder Peter Thiel back in April. Thiel, who became Facebook's first outside investor in 2004, broke rank with the majority of Silicon Valley by supporting Donald Trump during the 2016 US Presidential election. Thiel was later appointed to then President-elect ...

Government launches emerging market impact investment fund

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 NOV 2017
... their values, those already investing their money responsibly are enjoying strong financial performance." "The vast majority of Australians want superannuation invested responsibly, such as through investing in companies that build clean energy infrastructure ...

Cryptocurrency interest underwhelming: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2017
Despite all the hype, Financial Standard's latest pulse survey shows a majority of people have no interest in using or investing in virtual currency. An overwhelming number of respondents (63%) have no plans to trade in cryptocurrency such as bitcoin ...