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Super-backed company develops COVID treatment

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2020
... "Individuals exposed to the virus would most likely rapidly eliminate it, with the treatment ensuring that the disease does not progress beyond mild symptoms," Demaison said. "In addition, the rapidity of this response means that the infected individuals ...

Challenger loses chief financial officer

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2020
Challenger has commenced the search for a chief financial officer after its long-standing executive resigned. Andrew Tobin has provided six months' notice of his resignation after being with the company for over 13 years. He joined in 2007 as deputy ...

Perpetual successor fund transfer to go ahead

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2020
... applications between 23 October 2020 and 16 November 2020 as the transfer is completed. The transfer means Perpetual will not have a MySuper option.

Chief economist update: Australia's third arrow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2020
... bye-bye from Australian shores, the recession wrought on us by the coronavirus should be shallow and short-lived. This becomes not only possible but highly probable - to borrow from ex-Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe - with the aid of a "third arrow". ...

Asset allocators not prepared for market complexity: Milestone

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2020
Institutional asset allocators face an increasingly complex investment landscape, but do not have the tools to efficiently implement and manage new strategies, according to Milestone Group. The research found that institutional asset allocators are ...

Alex Waislitz urges OVH shareholders to vote no

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2020
... yesterday upped it June 1 offer of 40 cents to acquire OneVue to 43 cents. But the three cent per share increase is still not good enough for Waislitz, who has previously expressed dissatisfaction with the original offer. He will be still voting no at ...

Pension funds sue Allianz Global Investors

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2020
... million, while purchasing long equity put options worth only US$67 million. Essentially, the Structured Alpha 250 Fund was not "market-neutral" but was in fact betting on an increase in equity prices, the law firm said. On March 25, Allianz GI told investors ...

ETFs undermine product comparison: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2020
... Vynokur, co-founder and chief executive of BetaShares said. It's important to note that the ETP industry in Australia is not the same as the US, he said, pointing to several differences in naming conventions, disclosures and structures. "ETP is the ...

Active manager performance slumps: SPIVA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2020
... underperformed the benchmark in the first half of 2020. Among Aussie small- and mid-cap funds, more than half (55.6%) did not beat the benchmark. International equity funds fared better; while the benchmark lost 3.2%, these funds recorded an average ...

Mawhinney lashes out at regulator

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2020
... provisional liquidators' report filed with the court by Grant Thornton found that the business model of M101 Nominees was not sustainable on the basis that M Core noteholders were investing for periods of six or 12 months while the company's loan agreement ...