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Labor Government on the cards: Spot poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2018
... going into recession; the Labor Party winning the next election or a property crash. Of all the possible scenarios, the majority (40%) of respondents believe that the Labor Party coming into power is most likely. One-in-five readers were confident in ...

Freedom drops chief, slashes workforce

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2018
... departures come as part of a restructure, following a business review. As at June 2018, Freedom had 229 employees, the majority (165) were call centre sales and customer service staff. Following the restructure, which was conducted with the help of Deloitte ...

Industry fund members more satisfied

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2018
... said: "Superannuation satisfaction is a vital part of understanding the behaviour of members as it is unlikely that the majority will be actively engaged enough to be reading performance tables." The performance of a fund will ultimately determine consumer ...

NAB, MLC face class action

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2018
... of customers, the law firm believes NAB knew that its credit card insurance was likely to be of little use - given the majority of cardholders were existing NAB customers - but nonetheless pushed the insurance and charged millions in premiums. Customers ...

ASIC slams unacceptable reporting breaches

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2018
... investigated and determined as a significant breach. NAB was singled out for its systemic issues and accounted for the majority (76%) of the tardiness. Consumers consequently suffered financial losses to the tune of $500 million. Millions of dollars ...

Aussie fund managers face machine learning challenges

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2018
... of 140 respondents in Tokyo surveyed said they've started to use machine learning to generate investment signals. The majority of participants in Sydney (53%), Singapore (52%) and Mumbai (70%) are investigating or just starting to look into using machine ...

Boutique executes buyout, rebrands

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2018
The executive team at a Melbourne-based global equities manager has bought out the majority stake held by its parent firm. The buyout includes a name change and new board chair. Wingate Group helped set up boutique Wingate Asset Management in 2005. ...

Big-spending retirees live in Melbourne: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2018
... living in Stonnington would need a superannuation balance of more than $403,000 to sustain their spending habits and a majority of that is spent on leisure or discretionary items. Caboolture retirees' (60%) spending on essential goods and services significantly ...

University students to run hedge fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2018
... members, around 40 of which joined last year. AIMA does not disclose individual member names. However, it represents "a vast majority of hedge funds" that have local operations in Australia, the body said. It has worked with the regulators on regulation ...

WAM Capital commences LIC takeover bid

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2018
... redundant, compensating benefits per their entitlements. If WAM acquires between 50.1% and 90%, it will seek to appoint a majority of WAM nominees to WDE's board; may seek a de-listing; and acquire more shares. WAM has not yet decided whether it will ...