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State Street to track Bitcoin

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2021
... Bitcoin on more traditional financial markets. The new State Street MediaStats Bitcoin Thematic Indicator series will quantify media coverage of Bitcoin, measure the intensity or prevalence of coverage relevant to all news of the day and track sentiment ...

Farmland value grows in all states

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2021
For the first time since 2005, every single state in Australia saw the price of farmland increase. The median price per hectare of Australian farmland increased by 12.9%, with the nation enjoying its seventh consecutive year of farmland value growth. ...

Legalsuper adds Law Institute of Victoria chief

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAY 2021
... partner Geoff Hone who served on the board for 11 years. "At a time when superannuation has become the subject of daily media commentary covering material issues such as reform, performance, mergers and regulation, we look forward to Adam contributing ...

Rise of the mega funds continues

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2021
... Understanding with the Victorian Independent Schools Superannuation Fund (VISSF), which would add a further $855 million. Cbus and Media Super also announced they are working on a merger plan to become a $60 billion fund while Maritime Super and Hostplus ...

More members monitoring superannuation

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2021
... A minority (15%) use the service of a financial adviser, while one in four said they are self-directed investors. Social media and forums are growing as a source of financial information and guidance among young Australians, with 13% aged between 18 ...

AMP chair faces shareholder ire

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 30 APR 2021
... leaked to the AFR on March 25 prior it was announced to the markets almost a week later. Hazelton said: "At the time of the media reports, we were in discussions with Francesco regarding the future direction of AMP. We were talking about how the size ...

Rice Warner prepares to shut up shop

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 27 APR 2021
... mergers including Health Super and VicSuper (which created First State Super, now Aware) and the proposed merger between Media Super and Cbus. Rice and actuary David Knox have both been active in public policy discussions on superannuation. Rice Warner ...

IOOF licensees to take remedial action

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 26 APR 2021
IOOF will take remedial action to address deficiencies identified by ASIC within Bridges Financial Services and RI Advice Group. During surveillance in December 2020, ASIC found 15% of client files from Bridges and 17% of files from RI Advice contained ...

Fidelity portfolio manager resigns

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 23 APR 2021
The lead portfolio manager for Fidelity's top-performing $724 million emerging markets fund has resigned. Alex Duffy will leave the role on May 28. Replacing Duffy, Fidelity has appointed Singapore-based Amit Goel as the lead portfolio manager and London-based ...

New board director at AFIC

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 22 APR 2021
... 22. Fahey spent 10 years at KPMG as a partner, during which her roles included national lead partner telecommunications, media and technology, and national managing partner for markets. She has 30 years of experience in technology including at Western ...