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Former director pleads guilty to hedge fund con

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 FEB 2024
... than $400,000 for the purpose of investing before spending it all elsewhere and paying back just 1% of the total to investors. Russell Sandiford has pleaded guilty to two counts of dishonest conduct in relation to a financial product or service. He first ...

Too many Aussies eligible for wholesale products: FSC

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 13 FEB 2024
... changes, the FSC also recommended a two-year transition period alongside grandfathering provisions for existing wholesale investors. These investors would be permitted to reinvest distributions and make new investments under their current status, ensuring ...

Claremont Global launches ETF range

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 13 FEB 2024
Retail investors can now gain access to the unhedged Claremont Global Fund (CGUN) and the hedged Claremont Global Fund (CGHE) on the ASX. Claremont Global head and co-portfolio manager Bob Desmond said its decision to target the retail market is due ...

Crypto fintech needed AFSL, court says

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2024
... court win in relation to cryptocurrency, with fintech Block Earner found to have offered a financial product to retail investors without a licence. However, it was a mixed outcome for the regulator, with another allegation quashed. The federal court ...

Grok Ventures appoints new chief executive

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2024
... climate infrastructure is going to require trillions of dollars in private capital," Kwong-Law said. "However, larger investors won't fund these companies until the tech is proven at scale. This is the gap we are trying to fill, by investing early ...

SIX launches share platform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2024
... successful shareholder campaigns range start with getting and coordinating 100 shareholders in companies that ethical investors don't always own. Once you've got those shareholders, there's a very particular piece of expertise in being able ...

Fund selectors harbour AI bubble fears, affirm belief in its longevity

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 8 FEB 2024
... investment strategies to account for increasingly volatile geopolitical forces and an uncertain macro-economic outlook. "With investors' money on the line, it's no surprise that fund selectors are turning more towards active management to help navigate ...

Betashares to launch Nasdaq ETFs

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 8 FEB 2024
... from advisers was directed to ETFs in 2023, up from a quarter in 2022. The figure was even higher for younger advised investors, with ETFs accounting for almost half (49.2%) of buy trades via advisers for those aged between 18-24. This was a 5% increase ...

ASIC issues interim stop orders against Keystone

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 8 FEB 2024
... fund, being Balanced, Growth, High Growth, and Conservative. The regulator said it made the orders "to protect retail investors from acquiring products under PDSs that may be defective and not worded and presented in a clear, concise, and effective manner." ...

Class action filed against IC Markets

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 8 FEB 2024
... its class action against International Capital Markets (IC Markets) for offering contracts for difference to retail investors. The law firm began investigating the potential for a class action in October 2023. Now filed, the action alleges IC Markets ...