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08 November 2024 • By Eliot Hastie • 1 min read

‘Losing serious money’: WAM moves to replace fund manager

Wilson Asset Management is facing a number of challenges as it once again tries to replace a Sydney-based fund manager with links to Keybridge Capital

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Alexander Downer on Trump, Mueller and free trade

Former high commissioner to the UK Alexander Downer told investors at an event in Sydney that there was no room for complacency in the economy, while ...

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American Express to ‘decommission’ Australian FX offering

EXCLUSIVE The global payments company is downsizing local operations as part of a gradual unwinding of its foreign exchange offering outside the ...

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Blackstone continues to battle for Aussie property assets

Property trusts are trading at a considerable discount to their physical counterparts, driving a flurry of corporate dealmaking, according to ...

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Can AMP save financial advice?

EXCLUSIVE The embattled wealth manager has outlined an ambitious strategy to deliver financial advice to more Australians at a time when its ...

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CFS ‘always’ invests members’ cash with CBA: Slaters

EXCLUSIVE Slater and Gordon has taken aim at Australia’s biggest bank as it prepares to take on the retail super funds in a historic class action ...

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Financial innovation involved in stopping slavery

As a result of a variety of factors, the financial sector has become complicit in modern day slavery. Financial innovation is part of the solution to ...

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Franking credit regime doesn’t pass the fairness test

One investment firm has said that in its current form the proposed Labor changes to the franking credit regime do not pass the fairness test. 

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FSC investigating potential member breaches

The Financial Services Council is currently reviewing whether any member organisations are in breach of its conduct and ethics codes in light of royal ...

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Investment management fees among the cheapest in the world

EXCLUSIVE The Australian head of a global asset manager says investment management fees paid by Australian super funds are among the cheapest in the ...

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Labor missed a trick with mortgages 

EXCLUSIVE Aussie Home Loans boss James Symond has described the mortgage industry’s mammoth lobbying efforts as a “textbook case study” in uniting a ...

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Look for positive ESG trajectory for returns

Identifying companies that have a positive ESG trajectory is the trick to capturing performance returns when responsibly investing according to one ...

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Simplified model the way forward for MLC

MLC Wealth has announced that it will be simplifying its advice business to create a more sustainable advice model for the future.

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Super industry happy to see O’Dwyer go: KPMG

A KPMG partner has said that the recent change of government — and the replacement of Kelly O’Dwyer — will be positive for the superannuation industry

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Tariffs could herald new trade war

EXCLUSIVE The US has placed tariffs on European imports in a move that some believe could be the start of a new trade war.

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The big risk when rates finally rise

EXCLUSIVE: A leading economic forecaster says interest rates could come back to bite us when they finally return to normal levels.

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The investment opportunity in protectionism

EXCLUSIVE The rise of populism and the social acceptance of protectionism are creating decent investment opportunities in emerging markets.

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The sales culture at the heart of wealth management misconduct

Industry insiders have revealed why banks are distancing themselves from wealth management and how their actions will reshape the Australian financial ...

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Wall St giants tipped to snap up wealth managers

Goldman Sachs’ recent $1 billion acquisition of United Capital marks the beginning of a new M&A boom for the wealth management industry, according ...

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Wealth boss pens open letter to Scott Morrison

EXCLUSIVE Now that he’s secured his leadership, Prime Minister Scott Morrison has a major opportunity to secure the future viability of the financial ...

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