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Fraudster dyed hair, grew beard to evade regulator

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2020
... fact that he had served a year in prison after pleading guilty to criminal charges arising from the collapse of a large Canadian hedge fund. One of the names Manor went by was Shaun McDonald. He would also pretend to be an employee of CG Blockchain rather ...

Retired Aussies make financial decisions alone

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 12 NOV 2019
New research shows Australian retirees are not only making financial decisions without professional advice, but in many cases also without the input of their life partners. According to the latest research of global asset manager Franklin Templeton ...

US real estate manager eyes Australia

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2019
... head of Credit Suisse Asset Management Will Britten. It has raised roughly $300 million so far, from primarily US and Canadian investors, Akindred head of sales David Edwards said. Unison was set up in 2006 and has attracted venture capital from Citi ...

Blackstone makes $8.7 billion purchase

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2019
... closing conditions, but is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2019. This comes after Blackstone agreed to buy Canadian real estate investment trust Dream Global for US$4.7 billion (AU$6.9 billion) in September and the purchase of U.S industrial ...

AustralianSuper eyes $1.48bn in Indian infrastructure

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2019
... government but owned by investors which include public and private institutions from around the world. AustralianSuper and the Canadian pension fund's investment is in the third close of NIIF's master fund whose other investors are the Indian ...

International firm acquires advice group

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2019
A national financial advice group with more than 120 advisers on its books is to be acquired by a major Canadian wealth manager. Patersons Securities is being purchased by Canaccord Genuity via its Australian operations, Canaccord Financial Group. As ...

Multi-affiliate revamps, changes name

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2019
... footprint. Grant Samuels Funds Management has changed its name and rebranded to GSFM. The change follows the acquisition by Canadian wealth management firm CI Financial Corp of an 80% stake of the business. That stake was previously held by corporate ...

Brookfield acquires 62% of Oaktree Capital

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2019
... Management is set to acquire 62% of Oaktree Capital, creating a $672 billion alternative investment behemoth. The 120-year-old Canadian firm will pay roughly $6.8 billion for the stake in Oaktree Capital. Following the transaction, the two companies ...

CFSGAM expands US footprint with senior hires

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2019
... she managed real asset investments for CalPERS. Leigh Cruess joins as a senior adviser after 18 years with Enbridge, a Canadian energy transportation company. Prior to Enbridge, he was head of corporate development for UtiliCorp in Kansas City. Terry ...

Super fund chief executive to retire

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2019
... founding director of a non-profit aimed at improving the trade and investment between Australia and Canada, called the Canadian Australian Chamber of Commerce. CBA Group Super appointed Ruwanie Dias as the chief investment officer last year, replacing ...