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Charity comparator to launch premium service

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2018
A charity comparator website co-founded by a former Lonsec general manager is set to launch a premium vetting service for wealthy donors. The Impact Suite collects data on about 56,000 not-for-profits (NFP) and charities. The free version launched in ...

Chief economist update: Wall Street has fallen, prepare to be greedy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2018
... a run for their money. The increase in the US 10-year Treasury bond yield to around 3.2% has reduced the S&P 500's premium to 3.7% compared with the long-term average of 4.4%. Similarly, the higher yield investors could get from buying US Treasuries ...

KKR offers $2.6b to acquire MYOB

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2018
... is offering to pay $3.70 per share in cash, MYOB said in company filings. The private equity firm's offer is a 24% premium to MYO's Friday's close of $2.98. It is discount of about 3% to MYOB's one-year high of $3.81. KKR's proposal ...

Australian Unity mulls fund takeover

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2018
... acquire all of the issued units in AOF by way of a trust scheme. Starwood is offering $2.95 cash per unit, which is a premium of 9.7% on the fund's closing price of $2.69 from October 5. This is the fourth offer from Starwood this year, with the ...

AMP defends charging dead clients

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2018
... delinking from a corporate superannuation plan, AMP said a member defaults into either a product using only one set of premium rates that applies to all members or a product using multiple categories and corresponding premium rates. This is otherwise ...

The joys of an independent board

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2018
... dropped its management fee by 0.05% for investments above the sterling 250 million of net assets value. Taming the discount/premium to NAV Apart from better fee structures, boards can help curb the discount or premium at which a listed investment company ...

Elon Musk steps down as Tesla chair

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2018
... already secured funding and was awaiting shareholder approval. The SEC alleged the $420 price was arbitrary and a 20% premium, and that Musk's Twitter-storm caused the stock to jump 7%, disrupting the market significantly. In a settlement, Elon Musk ...

Insurance shake-up puts clients first

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2018
Round six of the Royal Commission exposed systemic issues across the life insurance value chain and its fledgling code of practice that's yet been powerless to stop unethical behaviour. But industry experts say all hope is not lost. Counsels assisting ...

Zurich helps advisers quantify cost of care

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 1 OCT 2018
Latest research from Zurich is helping financial advisers quantify the cost of healthcare when providing insurance advice. The cost of care whitepaper debunks the mentality that Australia is "bulletproof" and that the social and healthcare system will ...

Elon Musk charged with securities fraud

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018
... to numerous contingencies," the SEC said. The $420 per share buyout price that Musk quoted on Twitter was a substantial premium (about 20%) to what Tesla's stock was trading at the time. The SEC said the stock jumped 7% on Musk's tweet, disrupting the ...