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Lack of diversity major business risk: SSGA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2021
... innovation, as well as how management teams with a critical mass of racial, ethnic, and gender diversity are more likely to generate above-average profitability," Taraporevala said in the letter. "Likewise, companies that promote workforce diversity ...

ASIC takes fintech to court

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JAN 2021
The corporate regulator has initiated action against a fintech for allegedly misleading customers about the benefits of investing in residential property in self-managed superannuation funds. Squirrel Superannuation Services, an SMSF platform provider ...

LICs show sign of struggle

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2020
... investors, especially retirees, are desperate to get better yields than they get from term deposits and seek investments that generate income," he said. "LIC managers tend to specialise in a single asset class, with only three of the 20 largest LIC managers ...

ASIC takes action on Union Standard

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2020
... licence and making false or misleading claims about the level of risk undertaken and the profits which clients could generate. Union Standard also traded in margin FX products to clients in China in circumstances, the watchdog claimed, it was illegal ...

ISA ramps up campaign against super reforms

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2020
Industry Super Australia (ISA) has significantly ramped up its campaign against the Morrison government's Your Future, Your Super reforms package saying it will only serve to help dud funds. ISA said the reforms package will benefit the big banks and ...

US regulator, states sue Facebook

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2020
Facebook appears unfazed by antitrust lawsuits filed by 46 US states and the Federal Trade Commission seeking to force the social media giant to divest key assets, labelling the actions 'revisionist history'. The FTC and 48 Attorneys General ...

Hedge fund switched traders with algorithm

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2020
A hedge fund, previously linked to several superannuation funds, has been fined US$170 million for replacing its traders with an algorithm that drastically underperformed. An investigation by the US Securities Exchange Commission found UK-based BlueCrest ...

Robeco launches credit income fund in Australia

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2020
... period of time means we've been able to refine our processes, and continue to offer investors products that not only generate market-leading returns, but also contribute on a practical level to the objectives of the UN SDGs."

Qualitas readies new fund with GURNER

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2020
Qualitas has partnered for a new fund that is starting with a $1 billion pipeline of multifamily housing assets in Melbourne. Qualitas is working with GURNER, with whom it has previously partnered on $150 million investment in build-to-sell development. ...

HESTA partners with Australian Unity

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2020
... "As patient, long-term investors we see an exciting opportunity to invest in the fast-growing 'care' economy that can generate strong returns for HESTA members while helping to create growth and jobs in the industries where they work. Investing in the ...