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Adam Blumenthal ordered to pay $850k

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2024
... disclose to its board a conflict of interest, given his financial relationship with Scholz, in which Blumenthal's private company, Anglo Menda, had lent more than $7 million to Scholz to fund his trading in Creso shares. "The contraventions are interrelated. ...

The Aussie wealthtech firms that are 'most innovative'

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 16 APR 2024
... industry experts. GBST chief executive Rob DeDominicis said it was a "huge year for GBST's growth and innovation" with the company acquiring a digital and hybrid offering from Advice Intelligence as well as Salesforce-based adviser practice management ...

ASIC consults on misconduct reporting rules

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2024
... example, the regulator said it uses information from some of the reports received to monitor 'phoenix' behaviour - when a new company, for little or no value, continues the business of an existing company that has been liquidated or otherwise abandoned ...

Schroders welcomes new head of intermediary

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2024
... Paradice Investment Management. This is not the first time Fernandez has worked for Schroders, having worked with the company for almost 10 years from 2005 to 2015. Schroders said during that time he made significant contributions and earned high regard ...

Proxy advisors have 'undue influence': Jamie Dimon

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2024
... to review the large number of proxies and proxy proposals - this is both lazy and wrong. If issues are important to a company, they should be important to the shareholder - for the most part, only a handful of proposals are important to companies," he ...

ASIC challenges court ruling in Finder Wallet crypto case

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2024
... product, Finder Earn. ASIC alleged that the Finder Earn product was a debenture which is essentially an agreement by a company to repay money deposited or lent to it. The regulator claimed that customers deposited money with Finder Wallet on the understanding ...

Mercury Capital acquires KKR's stake in Findex

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2024
... solutions to more than 100 locations across Australia and New Zealand, Games added that this partnership will help the company achieve its goal to triple in size over the next five years. Mercury Capital founder and chief executive Clark Perkins said ...

Government introduces company merger overhaul

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2024
... Australia's competition laws," Cass-Gottlieb said. The Business Council of Australia (BCA) praised the proposed reforms to company mergers as it strikes a balance between economic and regulatory needs. However, the BCA said close consultation will be ...

Morningstar warns of stretched valuations in Australian equities

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2024
... highlighted Perpetual as a top pick in the financial services sector, the research house said the market may be overlooking the company's potential for earnings growth from improved flows and cost reductions. "While Perpetual's investments business is ...

Qantas Super taps fintech as an investment consultant

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2024
Qantas Super has partnered with Ortec Finance, a fintech company headquartered in Rotterdam, as an investment performance consultant. The $8.9 billion corporate super fund will use Ortec's investment performance managed service via an outsourcing arrangement ...