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New equity partners at Tribeca unit

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2020
... core long/short strategy in equities, credit and commodities. The unlisted version of the reported -14.08% as returns in January coronavirus pushed down the energy markets, and the fund's short on the ASX backfired. Monthly reports for it showed ...

SEC charges COVID-19 microcap scammers

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020
... emergency action and frozen the assets of the defendants involved in the scheme, which it says has been running since at least January 2018. The SEC alleges Canadian citizens Nelson Gomes and Michael Luckhoo-Bouche, as well as others, enabled corporate ...

Confusion over RG 146 requirements

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2020
... advisers Anna Dawson responded to SAFAA's query on the subject, saying that CPD against RG 146 has not been required since 1 January 2019, as that is when the FASEA CPD requirements commenced. "I understand that in the transitional period CPD providers ...

Chief economist update: Equity market disconnect

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2020
... GDP growth dropping from an estimated +2.4% in 2019 to -5.2% this year (a sharp 7.7 percentage point revision from its January 2020 forecast). The WB downgraded its 2020 GDP growth forecasts for advanced economies by 8.4 percentage points to -7.0%. It ...

Government announces fresh crackdowns on foreign investments

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020
... reforms next month, with the intention of passing the changes before the end of the year so that they are in place by 1 January 2021.

Taper rates need revamp

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2020
... Andrew Boal in a paper titled 'Spending in retirement and the taper rate' published by the Actuaries institute. As of January 2017, annual pensions fall by $78 or every $1000 in assets over relevant thresholds. This was a change from the previous rate ...

Housing affordability improves

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2020
... of 23.1% compared to the March quarter 2019," he said. "With the introduction of the First Home Buyer Deposit scheme on January 1 we expect that share of first home buyers will continue to grow." First home buyers decreased in all states and territories ...

NowInfinity founders depart following acquisition

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2020
... was able to integrate NowInfinity's staff, products and processes ahead of schedule. Class acquired the platform in January for $25 million; in a move that chief executive Andrew Russell said would expand its role across the professional services ...

Boutique to remediate clients

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2020
... unit pricing error. Alpha Fund Managers' investors in eight funds were charged the wrong fees between July, 2017 and January, 2020 for varying periods of time. "During the impacted period the unit prices for the Alpha funds have been understated ...

Fed buys up BlackRock ETFs

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2020
... Fed said. "Corporate bond spreads at the end of the intermeeting period still stood significantly above their levels in January." The US central bank chair Jerome Powell said the Fed took action with the Treasury Department to support the credit needs ...