Fund Governance
Senate Inquiry: APRA, Westpac and heatmaps
APRA chair Wayne Byres told a parliamentary hearing on Monday that broader enforcement powers have allowed APRA to achieve better results.
Elizabeth FryDecember 2, 2019
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Investment Strategy
TCorp launches $1.8 billion sustainability bond
The $107 billion asset manager is launching its first sustainability bond amid surging demand for fixed income products that incorporate ESG.
Elizabeth FryNovember 13, 2019
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ASIC targets advice for enforcement testing
The financial advice industry will be a testing ground for the securities regulator’s tough new litigious stance on the country’s largest financial institutions, recent disclosures have revealed.
Matthew SmithMarch 18, 2019
Hedge Funds
What are wealth businesses worth?
Analysts have thrown into doubt valuations of listed wealth management businesses in the wake of the Hayne royal commission.
Matthew SmithNovember 1, 2018
Technology
Banks will start to look less alike: Elliott
ANZ CEO Shayne Elliott told the Sibos conference in Sydney that "just turning up and being a bank will no longer be a successful model".
Matthew SmithOctober 23, 2018
Royal Commission
ANZ chief pulled up on ‘shareholder interests’ rhetoric
ANZ CEO Shayne Elliott was called out for using shareholder duty as a reason for past indiscretions last week.
Tahn SharpeOctober 15, 2018
Investment Strategy
FSC renews calls for more competition in super to reduce fees
The Financial Services Council (FSC) has used comments by the Assistant Treasurer to renew its calls to have the market opened up to its members. It believes this will increase competition and bring fees down. FSC’s chief executive Sally Loane said: “The Government’s proposal is in the best interests of consumers and should be implemented […]
Dan PurvesAugust 12, 2015
Hedge Funds
Unconstrained managers taken to task by Ansell of ANZ
The ability of unconstrained fixed income managers to improve on conventional fixed income approaches, was challenged by Graham Ansell, general manager investment management, ANZ at the Fixed Income Forum in Melbourne. In front of a large audience of fixed income portfolio managers, specialist consultants and fund managers, Ansell expressed concern that investors were at danger […]
David RowleyJuly 23, 2015