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Analyst guilty of insider trading

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2020
A former analyst at Maple Brown Abbott has pleaded guilty to five counts of insider trading. Michael Ho entered the guilty plea in Downing Center Local Court in relation to the purchase and sale of Big Un shares and options between 18 July 2016 and ...

Three ETFs axed by Morningstar

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2020
... about $97 million at January end. Last month, the ETF giant shut down iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF (ITW). The fund started trading in 2007 and had about $5.65 million in assets at the end of last year. YMAX had about $315 million in assets at January end ...

More US giants added to Chi-X TraCRs

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020
... a gap in the market" for Aussie investors seeking ownership of US shares, with the firm noting an uptick in the daily trading of TraCRs since their introduction in October 2018. Chi-X said the strongest performer so far was Microsoft, with the firm increasing ...

New Aussie ETF to invest in FAANGs

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020
... 10 stocks in equal weighting, adding names such as Tesla, Netflix and Baidu to the usual technology stocks. It starts trading on the ASX on March 2 under the ticker FANG (ETFS FANG + ETF) and ETF Securities expects strong demand from the retail and wealth ...

Xplore Wealth outlines 2020 plans

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020
... for dividends and advice fees. Xplore has also teased three new offers for the calendar year, including international trading (MDA International), foreign exchange, and a cash trading offer. Xplore Wealth chief executive, Mike Wright, said the platform ...

Blockchain startup raises $68m, ordered to return funds

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020
... blog posts, social media and discussion boards. The startup told investors it would use the funds to develop a digital trading platform and a data marketplace for cryptocurrency-related data. The company also planned to use the funds to develop a marketplace ...

Advice complaints low: AFCA

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2020
... instructions or agreements was the most complained about issue in the category but Donald said that mostly related to margin FX trading. More relevant to financial advisers and SMSF specialists, inappropriate advice was the most likely complaint. However ...

Franklin Templeton to acquire Legg Mason

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2020
Franklin Resources, trading as Franklin Templeton, has entered into a $6.7 billion agreement to acquire Legg Mason, creating a $2.24 trillion investment powerhouse. Under the agreement, which was unanimously approved by both boards, Franklin Templeton ...

Former Macquarie adviser cops lifetime ban

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2020
... "misrepresented to his client the value of the client's portfolio on 19 separate occasions," it said. He also "engaged in trading without proper authority of the client; and transferred $185,000 between the client's accounts without authority." ...

Pzena introduces second fund to Australia

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2020
... level of undervaluation of value stocks provides a rich environment to invest in a portfolio of outstanding companies trading at depressed valuations." Speaking to Financial Standard, Pzena managing principal and president Bill Lipsey said that despite ...