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XTB expands retail offering, launches responsible SMA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 OCT 2017
ASX-traded corporate bond provider XTB is broadening its product range and launching a responsible investment separately managed account product before year's end. Co-founder and chief executive Richard Murphy said the new range will likely include ...

Super funds strengthen support for low carbon economy

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 24 OCT 2017
A handful of Australia's superannuation funds are among the first clients to invest in a new low carbon global shares fund from Russell Investments. GuildSuper, Child Care Super and GuildPension have already committed to allocating assets to the $368 ...

Equity Trustees enters $5.2bn super fund merger

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 24 OCT 2017
Equity Trustees is entering a partnership to facilitate a $5.2 billion superannuation fund merger. Under the terms of the partnership, and subject to approval from the two funds' respective trustee boards, EQT's The Executive Superannuation Fund and ...

ANZ and ASIC settle over BBSW case

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2017
ANZ and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission have reached a confidential and in-principle agreement to settle court action relating to the Australian bank bill swap rate market. This morning ASIC asked the Federal Court to stand down ...

First State Super awards global microcaps mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2017
First State Super has awarded a large mandate to a specialist manager of global microcap equities. EAM Global Investors, part of Pacific Current Group's multi-boutique suite, manages global small and microcap strategies on behalf of institutional investors. ...

Aurora finalises Hastings takeover bid

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2017
Aurora Funds Management finalised its takeover bid for all ordinary units in the Hastings High Yield (HHY) Fund. Acting as the responsible entity for both the Aurora Global Income Trust (AIB) and HHY, Aurora closed the takeover bid on October 13. The ...

CBA chair defends executive bonuses

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2017
The Commonwealth Bank is standing by the way it rewarded bonuses to senior executives between 2015 and 2016, the period it was made aware of potential anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism law breaches, a public inquiry has found. Commonwealth ...

MLC Life enhances benefits, boosts savings

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2017
A greater number of MLC Life Insurance retail advice clients can now access multi-cover discounts. By extending its eligibility criteria for such savings, MLC Insurance and MLC Insurance (Super) customers are being rewarded for making an important financial ...

Aussie super maintains good grades

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2017
Australia's $2.3 trillion retirement income system remains world-class but maintaining its global top-three status is proving ever more difficult. The 2017 Melbourne Mercer Global Pension Index, released today, shows that for the second consecutive ...

Alternatives manager makes senior Australian hire

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2017
A global alternatives investment manager is welcoming a senior appointment to its Sydney office, bringing an industry expert back to his home market. Joining as a member at KKR from early 2018 will be David Lang. He joins from Pamplona Capital Management ...