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Former Toys "R" Us executives face fraud charges

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2020
Former executives of the popular children's store lined their pockets with $26 million (US$16 million) in bonuses just days before filing for bankruptcy, including a $4.2 million (US$2.6 million) bonus awarded to chief executive David Brandon. This ...

Fund managers driven to alternatives: Report

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2020
... Morningstar downgraded AMP Capital Multi-Asset A fund from bronze to neutral and Blackrock's Global Allocation Aus D fund from silver to bronze. Morningstar said AMP's fund demonstrated little discernable competitive advantage in key areas of its team ...

The ingredients of a successful fund manager

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2020
... multiple offices, ensuring that teams in one location have access to material information in a timely manner," Nguyen said. No silver bullet solution Even though Zenith's research found that bigger teams and specialised coverage add to outperformance ...

Chief economist update: Australia burns

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 JAN 2020
... millions of animals burnt or euthanised, homes razed to the ground, families displaced and entire towns wiped out. The silver lining in these dark, smoky clouds is that the fires have spurred the Morrison government to act. According to The Australian ...

ASX 200 hits female director target

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2019
... no women on their boards. The report lists these as TPG Telecom, HUB24, NRW Holdings, Pro Medicus, New Hope Corporation, Silver Lake Resources and Speedcast International. However, earlier this month HUB24 appointed its first female director to its b ...

FASEA compliance has silver lining

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2019
For financial planning practices that don't have a clearly laid out business plan, the workload of meeting FASEA's Code of Ethics requirements can be a great push to get it in order, according to a speaker at the FPA Congress. In a session about ...

Global ETF industry hits record high

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2019
... was commodities, whose share of inflows rose from 0.3% to around 10%. "Most of the demand in commodities was for gold and silver, with investors seeing out safe havens due to increased geopolitical risk," BetaShares said. Vynokur said investors are still ...

Portfolio manager resigns from First State Investments

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2019
... global emerging markets equity exposure, and as such retains its Positive People rating and Morningstar Analyst Rating of Silver." Stewart Investors is an investment division within First Sentier Investors managing Asia Pacific, emerging markets, worldwide ...

Sovereign wealth fund plans Ancestry.com retreat

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2019
... billion from popular DNA testing company Ancestry.com, according to a news report. Singapore's GIC and private equity firm Silver Lake Management acquired stakes in the company in May 2016 valuing it at US $2.6 billion. But they are now looking for a ...

Macquarie, Aberdeen Standard team up for Thames tunnel

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2019
A consortium of global infrastructure heavyweights including Macquarie Capital and Aberdeen Standard Investments will build a £1 billion tunnel under the River Thames. The RiverLinx consortium has been selected by Transport for London (TfL) to design ...