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It's not a bird or a plane; it's a new trading platform

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2020
A new trading platform has launched today, set to help Aussie investors trade over 2500 shares, LICS, REITs and ETFs with as little as a $100 investment and a flat $5 brokerage fee. Superhero, which its co-founder and chief executive John Winters says ...

ASIC drags Evans Dixon to court

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2020
... corporate regulator started Federal Court proceedings against an Evans Dixon subsidiary over advice it provided, pushing down shares over 12% by noon. ASIC is alleging a Dixon Advisory representative failed to look after client's best interest, individual ...

WAM makes LIC takeover bid

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2020
... Leaders Fund (CLF) as a result of its ongoing poor performance and management woes. WAM is offering shareholders two of its shares for 3.7 CLF shares, representing a 15.2% premium to CLF's share price on September 2 and a 7.6% premium to its reported ...

Market rebound leaves behind active managers

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2020
... performance and profitability, Deloitte analysis shows. Median revenue for asset managers that invest in publicly traded shares and bonds fell 6.4% in the three months to June, according to asset management consultant Casey Quirk, a subsidiary of Deloitte. ...

Dividends ripe for the picking

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2020
... year and of those, 33% lifted dividends, 17% kept the dividend the same and 50% cut the dividend. The Plato Australian Shares Income Fund has generated gross income of 9.4% per annum since inception with the inclusion of franking credits and special ...

Argo Infrastructure posts $9.3m loss, but increases dividends

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020
... 2020, well ahead of the benchmark which fell -6.2%," Argo Infrastructure said. "The portfolio also outperformed Australian shares (-7.7%), underscoring the global diversification benefits offered by Argo Infrastructure." Interestingly, while Australian ...

IOOF posts profit, restructures business

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020
... considerations for the sale of subsidiaries during FY20. The sale of its stake in Australian Ethical, totaling 14.2 million shares, added $74.2 million post year end. Its platform business saw $1.3 billion in net inflows for the period and its advice ...

Advisers more bearish than clients

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2020
... optimistic than retail investors, with advisers only anticipating capital gains of 1.3% over the next 12 months from local shares. That's according to the latest data from Investment Trends which shows advisers remain bearish, despite the All Ords having ...

Shareholders approve Aon, WTW merger

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2020
... into the proposed sale price and whether it was in the best interests of shareholders. The price was and remains 1.08 Aon shares for each WTW share held. The merger is still subject to regulatory approval and other conditions, but is expected to finalise ...

Heine family sells Netwealth shares

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2020
... took advantage of Netwealth's strong results and buoyant share price yesterday to sell down about $76 million worth of shares in the company -- a tiny sliver of their expansive holding. The sale of 5.5 million shares was across two private investment ...