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Sequoia professional services lead exits, restructures business

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2024
... Wealth Management and Sequoia Asset Management, is now overseeing Sequoia Specialist Investments. On July 1, the Takeovers Panel declared that the rogue shareholders, which include Glennon Capital, were not transparent about their relationship and breached ...

Committee calls for 'sick agency' ASIC to be split in half

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2024
... the introduction of a mechanism by which any alleged misconduct by a statutory appointee can be examined by an independent panel. In handing over the report, Bragg said: "When it comes down to it, the investigation that we undertook looked at the culture ...

Panel declares 'unacceptable circumstances' for Sequoia

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2024
The Takeovers Panel declared that rogue shareholders, which include Glennon Capital, seeking to gain control of Sequoia Financial Group were not transparent about their relationship and breached substantial shareholder laws. In an update to the ASX ...

Ascot Securities hit with infringement notice for 'serious failures'

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2024
Ascot Securities was issued an infringement notice by the Markets Disciplinary Panel (MDP) in November last year for serious failures, resulting in a $3.1 million penalty and a requirement to enter an enforceable undertaking. However, Ascot chose not ...

Sequoia chief learns his fate at EGM

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2024
... business, who will continue to drive our excellent group performance." In May, Crole and Pattison turned to the Takeovers Panel to request intervention ahead of the EGM suggesting disgruntled shareholders, Tony Jones and Michael Glennon, failed to disclose ...

Super funds to solve the housing crisis?

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAY 2024
... home. While acknowledging that solving the housing crisis won't be easy, Senator Andrew Bragg, speaking on the same panel at the conference, said that the Liberal Party opposes a "corporate housing policy." Although the Liberal Party has not yet ...

Sequoia seeks Takeovers Panel intervention

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2024
... Group takes another turn as chief executive Garry Crole and non-executive director Kevin Pattison call upon the Takeovers Panel to intervene in their potential ousting. Crole and Pattison, on behalf of Sequoia, argue that dissident shareholders, Tony ...

Poor gender diversity not a 'women's problem': Panel

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2024
Gender diversity issues are no longer a "women's problem but a business problem", according to wealth managers, who urge the industry to seize the opportunities to make meaningful changes. In a fireside chat discussing women and wealth at the Stockbrokers ...

Australia requires swifter settlement cycle: SIAA

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2024
... projects including the CHESS replacement. FinClear chief executive and managing director David Ferrall, who was also on the panel, made a bold prediction of Australia moving to T+0 instead. "We're already seeing that the frictionless movement of ...

Wholesale investor test reform has several ramifications: SIAA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024
... at the annual Stockbrokers and Investment Advisers Association (SIAA) Conference. Ashurst partner Jonathan Gordon told a panel session that most people agree the current test draws "fairly hard boundaries" without any regard to the sophistication of ...