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Super sneaks back to $3tn in assets

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2020
Superannuation assets totaled $2.9 trillion at the end of the September 2020 quarter, according to the latest statistics from APRA. Despite the effects of the government's early release of super scheme, coupled with market volatility and a sharp economic ...

Aussie dividends lag on global stage

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2020
Global dividends took an 11% hit, falling $76.7 billion in the third quarter with the weakest results coming from Australia, the UK, and the Netherlands, according to Janus Henderson. The Global Dividend Index revealed Australian dividends suffered ...

FPA announces new specialist designation

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2020
The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) has launched the FPA Aged Care Specialist professional designation. The FPA said it is committed to providing its members, and wider profession, with the skills and resources to meet the needs of ...

Evans Dixon thwarts Tony Pitt...for now

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2020
... bidder's statement. As such, shareholders have been advised to take no action in relation to the offer from 360 Capita at this stage," ED1 chair David Evans said in his address yesterday.

Invesco advances active non-transparent ETF

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2020
... hides the fund's investment strategy and some of its holdings. The global investment manager is in the final regulatory stage of having its active non-transparent ETF model approved. The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) published a notice ...

Channel Capital in management buyout

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2020
The Sydney multi-boutique is bidding farewell to its minority equity partner Highbury Partnership, as it enlists a new passive investor to bring ownership back to the management. Highbury invested about $15 million in Channel Capital in 2017 when the ...

Wages will not rise from SG cut: ISA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2020
Industry Super Australia has hit out at arguments that wages will increase if the planned superannuation guarantee rise is delayed. ISA said the evidence that ditching the SG rise will not help wages can be seen from the last time it was cut in 2014. ...

Ares bids for AMP

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2020
... of arrangement, but did not reveal the proposed value. "AMP notes discussions on the proposal are at a very preliminary stage and there is no certainty that a transaction will eventuate," AMP said. "AMP continues to progress its portfolio review announced ...

Magellan's largest client asked to review costs

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2020
... Given the long standing relationship with SJP and MFG's strong fund performance we view this risk as minimal at this stage." St James Place looks after £115 in assets, has 700,000 clients and partners with 4300 financial advisers in its partners ...

ASFA proposes MySuper test

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2020
... use APRA's annual Member Outcomes Assessment to determine whether a product is considered to be underperforming. The first stage measures fees and costs against a benchmark of 130 basis points (one standard deviation from the average MySuper fee). If ...