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Two LICs set to merge

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2019
Two Australian equities listed investment companies are set to merge to create a $137.2 million entity. Clime Capital (CAM) has made an offer to acquire CBG Capital (CBC) under an off-market takeover bid. CBG has consequently advised its shareholders ...

Hostplus makes bid for SMSF money

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2019
... in the hospitality, recreation, tourism and sport industries but the fund is open offer. Watson said the SMSF options are not targeted at the typical member. It has about 180,000 employers who contribute to the fund and there are many SMSF owners in ...

Culture isn't everything: ASIC

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2019
ASIC commissioner John Price has warned a "strong culture" might not stand resolute in the face of remuneration incentives. Addressing the Governance Institute's Risk Management Forum in Sydney yesterday, Price warned companies that ensuring the behaviour ...

ASIC approves AFCA rules change

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2019
... misconduct as far back as January 2008. AFCA will be able to deal with certain complaints about misconduct which it could not previously deal with. AFCA's new rules require that an eligible legacy complaint relates to a compulsory member of the AFCA ...

Bank chief steps down amid expenses scandal

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2019
ANZ New Zealand chief executive David Hisco stepped down following a review of his personal expenses. The ANZ board expressed concerns about the characterisation of certain expenses attributed to Hisco. While Hisco doesn't accept all of the concerns ...

How key is gender in retirement outcomes?

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2019
... sure that fathers have to pay for their mother's time out of the workforce," Asher said. "I do think the current debate's not really helpful." Michael Rice said the three didn't specifically look at gender, but noted Australia's largest cohort in poverty ...

Pension giant cuts tobacco

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2019
... lifecycle super products in Australia). Nest's external fund managers are supporting the change, it said in a statement. "We have not taken this decision lightly but we don't think it makes sense to continue investing in an industry whose business model ...

Chief economist update: Expect more of the same from the BOJ

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2019
... the renewed weakness in household demand which declined by 0.1% in the March quarter from 0.3% in the last quarter of 2018. Not to mention the 0.1% contibution from private inventories in the March - unwanted stock build-up - that followed another 0.1% ...

AUSTRAC zeroes in on Afterpay

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2019
... the company to mature and strengthen its compliance processes, staff training and suspicious matter reporting. "But we will not hesitate to take action where an organisation is failing to appropriately protect itself and Australia's financial system ...

Retiree savings won't last: World Economic Forum

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2019
... world, with more and more people responsible for their retirement savings as a result. However, the report says savings have not accelerated fast enough to address this deterioration and, as such, most retirees in six nations - Australia, Canada, Japan ...