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Multi-strategy fund launches

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2020
... quantitative and foreign-exchange trading strategies. The Ferguson Hyams Multi-Strategy Fund was made available in mid-August and managed by Bermuda-registered Incu Capital Management. The first month achieved a 1.1% return. The fund has active strategies ...

Evans invites 360 Capital to board

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2020
... Masters Residential Property Fund, whose NAV had tumbled 39.5% in the year to June end. Less than two months later, on August 1, Dixon took went on extended leave of absence for personal reasons from URF.

MLC appoints new head of insto distribution

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2020
... spokesperson confirmed. MLC Wealth, including the asset management business, was acquired by IOOF in a deal worth $1.4 billion in August. NAB made the decision to exit wealth in 2018 as part of a strategy to simplify the business.

82% of advisers pass August FASEA exam

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2020
FASEA has released the results of the August exam, with 82% passing. The results mean 46% of advisers on the ASIC Financial Adviser Register have now passed the compulsory exam. A total of 1521 advisers sat the exam. FASEA did not reveal how many advisers ...

Chief economist update: Pandemic, what pandemic?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2020
... expansion since the record low reading of 35.7 in February. The non-manufacturing PMI improved even more - to 55.9 from 55.2 in August and the record low 29.6 of seven months before. The revival of the world's biggest iron ore importer's economy ...

GMO launches global equities fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2020
... Hancock, Ty Cobb and Anthony Hene. It has returned 9.15% p.a. since inception to S&P 500's 9.23% and MSCI World's 7.29%, as at August end. For the last three calendar years, the portfolio beat both the benchmarks. Nearly 45% of the portfolio was invested ...

Court blocks bid to freeze Phil Kingston's assets

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2020
... the latter heads towards public questioning next month. China Insurance Finance Group Ltd commenced court proceedings on August 24, seeking repayment of a debt it says Kingston-related companies defaulted on. It asked for a freezing order against Kingston ...

Manipulative trading at J.P. Morgan costs it over $1bn

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2020
... buy and sell precious metals futures contracts, including gold, silver, platinum and palladium. Between March 2008 and August 2016, traders placed tens of thousands of orders to buy and sell the futures with the intent to cancel those orders before execution ...

BOQ expects to back pay $11m in SG

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2020
... to see reductions in customers accessing financial assistance through the banking relief package, Frazis said. As at 31 August 2020, BOQ had 12% of housing customers on the banking relief package and 16% of SME customers.

Chief economist update: Australia's third arrow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2020
... Australia' report shows China remains our top export market - accounting for nearly 42% of our total goods exports in August. Rounding up Australia's top five export markets: Japan, our second biggest export market, buys much less (11.1%); South ...