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Government announces fresh crackdowns on foreign investments

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020
... since its establishment in 1975, he said, and follow changes to foreign investment made by the United States, the United Kingdom, Japan and New Zealand. "Our foreign investment regulatory framework has always sort to strike a balance between, on the ...

Newgate fund starts new life

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2020
... listed and unlisted infrastructure, and fixed interest securities. The new management team will be based out of United Kingdom. The management costs will halve from 1.5% per year to 75bps. The manager change also returns the fund to normal daily redemptions ...

Westpac announces executive changes

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2020
... the opportunity to serve with an incredible team at one of the most well respected financial institutions in the United Kingdom," he said in a post on LinkedIn. "I would like to express my deepest gratitude to Westpac and to the very special, talented ...

Chief economist update: Turns out Brexit was heaven

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2020
... is what it is. The coronavirus pandemic struck just when the dark clouds of Brexit uncertainty lifted over the United Kingdom. For the best part of three years, Brexit was on every Brits mind - dampening business investment and overall economic activity. ...

Pension pots around the world during COVID-19

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
... allowed four of its five public pension funds to increase their investments in riskier assets. Meanwhile, in the United Kingdom, the Pensions Protection Fund 7800 Index's deficit between assets and liabilities swelled by about $19.8 billion (£10 billion) ...

Bravura secures new mandate

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 6 APR 2020
... wealth management, life insurance, and funds administration industries in 12 offices across Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom, Europe, Africa, and Asia. Futurity is an independent and mutually structured financial institution and has paid around ...

Vanguard insto head jumps to super fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2020
... 2008. Prior to this, he was a business development manager at Skandia for five years. He has also worked in the United Kingdom for five years, with Mellon Funds Management and Goldman Sachs. "I have always wanted to work for organisations that have clear ...

Industry-made retirement models are self-serving: SCA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2020
... failings. We need a bigger solution. We see value in the review considering the independent advice model in the United Kingdom and how it could benefit Australian consumers if transferred here." SCA teamed up with CHOICE to survey over 10,000 consumers ...

Chief economist update: COVID-19 solves overtourism in Europe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2020
... (three imported, 226 locally acquired), 16 cases in Germany (two imported, 14 locally acquired), 13 cases in the United Kingdom (12 imported, one locally acquired), 12 cases in France (five imported, seven locally acquired), three cases in Spain (three ...

Chief economist update: UK is now Bailey's baby

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2020
... expecting "an immediate but orderly move, at the beginning of next year, to a deep free trade agreement between the United Kingdom and the European Union". "The most recent indicators suggest that global growth has stabilised, reflecting the partial ...