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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 ...

Frontier appoints principal consultant

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAY 2018
... consultant. Before his first stint at Frontier, Alcock was a superannuation cadet at TWU SUPER, a credit analyst at GE Capital, a research associate at InterSec Research and a commercial banking manager at Westpac. "It is great to be able to welcome ...

Molopo restrained ahead of AGM

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAY 2018
The Takeovers Panel has ruled that, as per an application for an interim order by Aurora Funds Management, Molopo Energy will be unable to make any payment or incurring any liability of more than $175,000. Both Aurora and Keybridge Capital are substantial ...

Spaceship beefs up senior management

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2018
... Spaceship Financial Services' six-person board. He has about 27 years of experience in senior management roles at Westpac, GE Capital and Bankers Trust. He has worked as St George Bank's chief operating officer. The fund has also tapped in former APRA ...