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APRA pushes for super fund consolidation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2020
APRA has urged all superannuation funds to be more proactive in considering their options, saying that while COVID-19 will pass, its impact will be felt for far longer and funds will soon run out of excuses. Over the past seven years, the number of ...

Retirement funder adds two new executives

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2020
... management policy framework within which the business operates. Bishop, who is a qualified lawyer, has held a number of senior legal, company secretary and line management roles. He was the first to hold the new role of head of Commonwealth Bank retail ...

First Sentier rejigs executive lineup

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2020
... Sentier's executive committee alongside chief executive Mark Steinberg, deputy chief executive Yutaka Kawakami and chief legal and risk officer Liz Hastilow. Hastilow has also been appointed managing director, Australia and New Zealand in addition ...

Outsourced trading set to boom

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2020
... there's also the systems environment and other cost considerations such as the costs associated with compliance, risk, legal documentation, regulation, set up, and finding and hiring project management staff and consultants," he said. "So an asset ...

IOOF settles class action

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2020
... shareholders who bought stock between 27 May 2015 and 6 December 2018 who saw the stock price fall by 35% when APRA launched legal proceedings against IOOF and five directors in December 2018. The law firm further alleged IOOF's conduct breached ...

Chief economist update: Hong Kong is ours

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2020
... "excuse" US President Trump used when he raised tariffs on steel and aluminium in March 2018). To wit: "We will establish sound legal systems and enforcement mechanisms for safeguarding national security in the two special administrative regions, and ...

Litigation funders will need AFSLs

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2020
... corresponding in better outcomes for people involved in class action lawsuits. "In many cases, funders are taking up to 30% of legal settlements, leaving the members of the action to fight over the scraps that remain once legal fees and other costs are ...

From fines to prosecution: The penalties are in

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
... and in the event it discovers an applicant was ineligible for the scheme it may revoke the approval. "Whilst there is no legal basis to require the individual to return the amount to their super fund, that amount may need to be included in the individual's ...

ASIC revokes AFSL suspension, cancels another

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2020
... licence if a licensee does not comply with the law, or if ASIC has reason to believe a licensee is likely to contravene its legal obligations." Ausfunds sought a review of ASIC's decision to suspend its licence by the Administrative Appeals Tribunal ...

State Street fund purges tobacco, weapons

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2020
... government in both areas, increasing media and investor interest in ethical issues, and investor concerns over longer term legal and other liabilities companies engaged in these industries may face." Returns of the MSCI World Ex Australia after excluding ...

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Global X awards mandate for ETF business

ELIZA BAVIN  |   12:33PM
Global X has awarded a new custody and administration mandate for its Australian ETF business.

Bell Asset Management launches small-caps fund

KARREN VERGARA  |   11:56AM
Bell Asset Management has formally launched its Australian Small Companies Fund, which is run by former Tyndall Asset Management portfolio managers.

Former Australian Ethical finance chief lands new gig

MATTHEW WAI  |   11:09AM
The former chief financial officer of the ethical investment manager has joined a local finance company after wrapping up his tenure at AUB Group.

MySuper assets pursue $1.5tn Choice sector

KARREN VERGARA  |   12:20PM
MySuper assets are fast catching up to the $1.5 trillion Choice sector, hitting nearly $1.2 trillion in the March quarter.

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