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Pension lessons from around the world

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2018
... opt-out if they want to. If they don't opt-out, contributions must be made of which the employer must pay 3%. The minimum contribution is to be set at 8% which, following a gradual roll-out period allowing for smaller contributions, will be in place ...

ETFs: Buy strategy not structure

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2018
... possibly because they've also invested in the managed fund. The high conviction global long strategy has a 30 stock minimum and currently holds between 55 and 60 companies. The holdings are generally separated into clusters to align with macroeconomic ...

Chief economist update: Faster wages growth a one-off?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2018
... Price Index report, the ABS noted that, "September quarter wages growth was mainly influenced by increases to the national minimum wage, regularly scheduled enterprise agreement increases, modern awards and salary reviews timed to coincide with the financial ...

TCorp sets green bond record

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2018
... first green bond. It is a record for the Australian green bond market. Launched on November 8, the green bond issue had a minimum size of $500 million but attracted bids of about $2.6 billion. TCorp allocated $1.8 billion and a yield of 3.235%, maturing ...

ASIC moves to make licensees FASEA compliant

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2018
ASIC has opened consultation on a regulatory update that would see FASEA's minimum education requirements imposed on the responsible manager of a licensee. The regulator has proposed updates to Regulatory Guide 105 that would reflect the professional ...

Asset manager shutters two funds

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2018
... Australian Share Value Fund launched in August 1987, benchmarked against the S&P/ASX 200 Accumulation Index. Investors with a minimum $2000 could invest in the fund that allocated proceeds mainly in financials, materials and energy stocks. The latest ...

CBA ramps up blockchain

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2018
... and also in the payments space where they are in early stage commercialisation," Gilder said. "Some of them are still minimum viable products but definitely out in the market being utilised with real money being raised or transferred." "So [it is] very ...

Unpaid super penalties too light: ISA

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2018
... walk away." He went on to say the $20 per employee administrative penalty which the ATO is "now apparently applying as a minimum is wholly inadequate and not even a parking ticket penalty." ISA values unpaid super at about $6 billion per year and affecting ...

Magellan boosts retail push for Airlie

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2018
... Management in February when the boutique managed about $6 billion in Aussie equities for institutional investors, pegging its minimum investment size at $500,000. Airlie previously held a $1.2 billion mandate from AustralianSuper and Financial Standard ...

Downsizer scheme gains ground

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2018
... within 90 days of settlement. Further, the sale must have taken place post-1 July 2018 and must have been owned for a minimum of 10 years before the sale. "Interestingly you don't have to have lived in the home for the entire ownership period. So long ...