Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 71 - 80 of 940 results for "Dick"

CBA pleads guilty to selling junk insurance

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 1 NOV 2021
Commonwealth Bank pleaded guilty to 30 criminal charges relating to misselling consumer credit insurance. The charges were brought by ASIC and relate to CBA's promotion and sale of CreditCard Plus and Loan Protection policies as an add-on insurance ...

Aussies in the dark over super stapling

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 1 NOV 2021
The majority of Australians are unaware of the effects of the Your Future, Your Super (YFYS) reforms and could potentially be stapled to an underperforming fund for good. The YFYS stapling requirement comes into effect today and will see around one ...

T. Rowe Price to acquire credit manager

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 29 OCT 2021
The US$1.61 trillion investment manager is set to take over alternative credit management firm Oak Hill Advisors (OHA). T. Rowe Price will pay US$4.2 billion for 100% of OHA with US$3.3 billion payable at closing, approximately 74% in cash and 26% in ...

Former Women in Super chief joins AIST

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 29 OCT 2021
The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) appointed the former chief executive of Women in Super as general manager, professional development. Sandra Buckley led Women in Super for the past eight years where she was responsible for ...

AMP adds options to MyNorth

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 29 OCT 2021
AMP added 23 new Australian equities and exchange traded funds to the MyNorth Managed Portfolios menu and launched an educational paper for financial advisers. The new offerings include single-sector equity portfolios across large cap, mid and small ...

Sunsuper, QSuper merger legislation passes

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2021
... supporting 2000 local jobs and reinforcing Queensland as a preferred investment destination," Queensland Treasurer Cameron Dick said. "New Queensland jobs are also expected to be created in the areas of investment, information technology and customer ...

Federation AM partners with BlackRock

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2021
Federation Asset Management has entered into a joint venture with BlackRock Real Assets to invest in childcare real estate in Australia. The joint venture will acquire Federation's Australian childcare real estate assets as well as fund future acquisitions ...

Crypto mining ETF launches

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2021
Following the launch of other crypto themed ETFs, Cosmos Asset Management has joined the party and launched a digital mining fund. The Cosmos Global Digital Miners Access (DIGA) launched on the Chi-X today and aims to provide investors with access to ...

CFS joins firms in net zero alignment

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2021
As the COP26 summit approaches Colonial First State (CFS), the NZ Super Fund and Goldman Sachs have announced their commitment to net zero initiatives. CFS announced its alignment to the goals of the Paris Agreement and is committing to net zero emissions ...

Westpac director stands down

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 OCT 2021
A non-executive director at the big four bank has resigned from the board to focus on his health. Steven Harker joined the Westpac board in 2019 and was a member of the audit, board legal, regulatory and compliance and remuneration committees. "The ...