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Hostplus can't be killed: Sicilia

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2020
... Hostplus would survive that scenario too. In the final scenario, the redemptions of either 10% or 30% continue each year rather than stopping in the first year and all the other events also occur. "We're looking precarious with the cumulative effect ...

IPO Wealth ordered to wind up

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2020
... the IPO Wealth Holdings group. "These statements have ultimately been used to serve the interests of the other parties, rather than those of unitholders," Mayfair said. "Multiple defamatory allegations were made by counsel for Dye & Co in these proceedings ...

ME Bank profits rise in FY20

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2020
... financial difficulty," he said. And, ME Bank has no plans to diversify its business into areas like wealth management. Rather, Crane is focussed on keeping things simple. "We're really comfortable to keep progressing a simple model. We've got five core ...

ASIC reinforces power to obtain documents

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2020
... subpoena or discovery in normal litigation and cannot be objected to on the grounds that it involves a "fishing expedition" - rather, the regulator is allowed to do a bit of fishing.

The fundies of tomorrow

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2020
... there to grade the work or analysis, they are there to say 'that's really sound' or help to correct a computational error rather than criticise them." Liu agrees and said it is important for students to make mistakes as that is where the best lessons ...

High performance funds significantly underperform: Research

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2020
... rate of return divided by the annualised standard deviation of returns) and Sortino ratios (uses semi-standard deviation rather than standard deviation) were also generally negative for around 25% of all Australian share products, with the greatest negative ...

Investors seek to increase EM exposure

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2020
... According to the survey, investors in APAC and across the globe are more optimistic about the outlook for EM in the long-term rather than short-term. It found 57% of respondents in APAC expect to increase their EM allocations over the next five years ...

Women receive worse advice: Study

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2020
... researchers suggested that the gender differences in advice quality are not just a response to client characteristics, rather the incentives of the adviser. Securities firms, which earn revenues mostly from trading commissions, tend to favour recommending ...

MySuper products show resilience

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2020
... continues to be resilient despite the COVID-19 economic meltdown. "While it may not be due to the super funds themselves, but rather what's going on in financial markets, it shows that most super funds are doing their jobs and maximising investment ...

Fintechs drive venture capital: KPMG

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2020
... the pandemic has shifted priorities with increased demand for enhanced e-commerce with more customers purchasing online rather than in store. This has led to investor and funding support to Zip who recently acquired QuadPay and China's Tencent buying ...