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Magellan mulls converting closed-end fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2023
... significant work to address and Magellan will have regard to legal, regulatory and tax matters that require detailed assessment. Any conversion would be subject to a number of conditions, including member and regulatory approvals," Magellan's board ...

ISPT to offload retail, office properties

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 16 OCT 2023
... Super Property Trust (ISPT) is selling five assets, including Melbourne's GPO and a Sydney office building. An assessment of ISPT's $17.7 billion Core Fund identified five assets that do not align "with the desired scale and sector allocation ...

Selfwealth ditches Stake takeover bid

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 16 OCT 2023
... competitor trading platform Stake and its offer of 17.5c per share. The ASX-listed trading platform said that after careful assessment, "Stake's incomplete and conditional proposal did not offer appropriate value to Selfwealth shareholders". "Accordingly ...

ASIC bans former risk adviser

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2023
... into his personal bank account or Assurance Corp's business account to IAA and misused client funds. Following its assessment, ASIC stated that Durant's misconduct was a result of poor judgement rather than an act of dishonesty. However, a banning ...

Bullock keeps cash rate at 4.10%

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 OCT 2023
... inflation returns to target in a reasonable timeframe, but that will continue to depend upon the data and the evolving assessment of risks," she said. This is off the back of disappointing inflation data which rose to 5.2% in August from 4.9% in July. ...

MLC Life unveils retail discounts

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 22 SEP 2023
... Income Assure+ by raising it for customers with higher incomes. Income Assure+ was updated to use an "own occupation" assessment for clients with a five-year benefit period for the duration of the claim. The upgrades are in addition to other Income Assure+ ...

No bubble risk in Sydney housing market: UBS

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 21 SEP 2023
... and rents, and imbalances in the real economy, such as excessive lending and construction activity. Under the same assessment, just two cities are in the bubble risk category, being Zurich at 1.71, followed by Tokyo at 1.65. Cities considered overvalued ...

Boards must crack down on cybersecurity: ASIC

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 19 SEP 2023
The regulator has warned it will take action against boards and directors that neglect cybersecurity risks, saying to do so could result in non-compliance with regulatory obligations. ASIC chair Joe Longo said cybersecurity and resilience are not merely ...

ECB raises rates to record high of 4%

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 15 SEP 2023
... Now it expects the Euro area economy to expand by 0.7% in 2023, 1.0% in 2024, and 1.5% in 2025. "Based on its current assessment, the governing council considers that the key ECB interest rates have reached levels that, maintained for a sufficiently ...

HESTA welcomes head of portfolio design

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 12 SEP 2023
... activities across investment teams to achieve objectives, actively allocate risk budgets, and drive ongoing evaluation and assessment of investment strategies to drive performance for our members will be invaluable," Sawtell-Rickson said. Meanwhile ...