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Government should intervene in BOLR changes: Opposition

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2019
... required." As a result, those practices with a heavy reliance on grandfathered commissions will be hardest hit by the buyback changes. "The government has legislated to bring an end to grandfathered commissions by 2021 to improve customer outcomes. AMP ...

Investment firm plans delisting

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2019
... delist from the ASX. Oceania Capital Partners (ASX: OCP) said it wants to delist through an off-market equal access share buyback, subject to shareholder approval at the July 25 annual general meeting. The stock is thinly traded and 60% of the issued ...

Should super funds segregate pension assets?

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2019
With 2.8 million super accounts slated to enter pension phase over the next decade, is it time superannuation funds follow QSuper's lead and start segregating their pension assets? That's a question a new research paper by Parametric managing ...

Ausbil launches dividend income fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2019
The $11 billion equities manager has launched a fund that will invest in S&P/ASX 200 companies with the aim of paying monthly distributions. The Ausbil Active Dividend Income fund will generate dividend income through cyclical opportunities, earning ...

Asia, emerging markets to lead in 2019

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2019
Asia's debt-to-equity ratio and safer company balance sheets are making a convincing case for DWS to increase its exposure in the region as well as broader emerging markets. Speaking at the Financial Standard Chief Economists Forum in Sydney yesterday ...

Former Paradice managers launch LIT

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 17 DEC 2018
A small and mid-cap boutique set up by two former Paradice Investment Management portfolio managers has converted its $440 million strategy to a listed investment trust. Ophir Asset Management's High Conviction Fund has delivered 20.2% per annum ...

Advice firm runs rule over Labor policy

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2018
A prominent financial advice group suggests Labor's proposals on negative gearing, capital gains tax and dividend imputation all need a closer look heading into an election year. HLB Mann Judd Sydney wealth partner Jonathan Philpot said these issues ...

Emerging markets must be long-term bet

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2018
One of the world's largest asset managers estimates emerging markets equities will outperform developed markets by 2.75 percentage points over the next 10 to 15 years. Releasing its 2019 Long-Term Capital Market Assumptions (LTCMA) in Australia this ...

Shaw and Partners shelves managed accounts partnership

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 25 JUN 2018
... about $4.8 million on top of the ASX bond term deposit of $1 million. MGP directors have also amped the current share buyback from five million shares to 7.5 million shares, in an effort to boost the share price.

ANZ considering buy-back with life insurance paycheck

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
... arm to Zurich has arrived and the bank is considering buying back up to $1.5 billion in shares, on top of its current buyback program. The bank today updated the market that it has received about $1 billion in reinsurance payments - the first tranche ...