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Managed investment scheme operator AFSL canned

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2019
The Australian financial services licence of a Sydney-based managed investment scheme operator was cancelled by ASIC. The corporate regulator cancelled the licence of Australian Mutual, which operated a number of investment schemes. The cancellation ...

Asset manager reshuffles board

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2019
An ASX-listed alternatives manager has shuffled its board lineup, with a new chair on the way. Keybridge Capital - which has been embroiled in a stoush with former funds management arm Aurora Funds Management over claims of owed funds - is in the process ...

Centrepoint Alliance boosts executive lineup

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 18 DEC 2018
... was general manager, e-commerce and retail marketing at Australian Unity. Ellisdon has also held roles with iSelect, GE Capital and Macquarie. Finally, Peter Loosmore has joined as interim chief financial officer. He was most recently interim chief financial ...

Special Report: Hitting new ETF goals

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2018
More investors are turning to fixed income ETFs as a way to finetune their bond portfolios. Karren Vergara finds out what is driving the demand and why this new wave of defensive ETFs is here to stay. Recalling the sharp market correction that stung ...

Managed accounts provider enters crowdfunding

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2018
ASIC has granted a variation to the AFSL of a managed accounts provider, allowing it to provide an equity crowdfunding service. BIR Financial told shareholders that its securities trading and corporate advisory business, Pulse Markets, was recently ...

Fintechs in the money, gain confidence

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2018
The fintech sector is bullish it can grab market share from big banks and incumbents with the advent of open banking and as the fallout from the Royal Commission plays out, EY's latest fintech census shows. With one-in-five fintechs now turning a profit ...

WTW launches ESG index strategy

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2018
Willis Towers Watson has developed a new strategy which integrates ESG factors in the investment process with the help of a major index provider. WTW teamed up with MSCI to establish the Adaptive Capped ESG Universal Index. The strategy offers equity ...

Aurora takes acquisition bid to Federal Court

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2018
Aurora Funds Management will take its acquisition bid for Molopo Energy to the Federal Court of Australia after the Takeovers Panel decided to put the brakes on the transaction. Aurora has applied for a judicial review of the panel's decision, which ...

Aurora reshuffles compliance team

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUN 2018
After the departure of two external members of its compliance committee, Aurora Funds Management appointed replacements with immediate effect. Anthony Hartnell joins the committee while also serving as Aurora's non-executive chair. He was previously ...

Molopo board ousted at AGM

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2018
Keybridge Capital and Aurora Funds Management scored a win at the Molopo Energy AGM with a board spill that saw its two nominees elected as non-executive directors. Keybridge's nominee, William Johnson, had previously been noted by Molopo as being ...