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Wilson explains Aurora fund wind-up proposal

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2016
Wilson Asset Management has outlined to unitholders why the HHY fund, managed by Keybridge Capital, should be shut down. Arguing that the "expertise to manage the HHY portfolio promoted to unitholders is no longer at Keybridge," Wilson's letter referred ...

ANZ faces mis-selling allegations in court

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2016
The Administrative and Equal Opportunity Division of the Civil and Administrative Tribunal of New South Wales has allowed a case against ANZ and OnePath for mis-selling a life insurance product to proceed. Charles and Judith Cairns, New Zealand citizens ...

Shaw and Partners joins forces with Praemium

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2016
Shaw and Partners and Praemium have partnered to deliver a managed account solution for clients. The solution consists of two investment model portfolios under a separately managed account (SMA) structure. One allocates exclusively to Australian equities ...

Stanford Brown hires former Philo Capital CIO

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2016
Stanford Brown has appointed a new chief investment officer. Ashley Owen joins the boutique advice group from portfolio management firm Philo Capital, where he was also chief investment officer. He is also currently a director at Third Link Investment ...

AB hires senior research analyst from CFSGAM

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2016
AllianceBernstein has appointed a senior research analyst. Gates Moss joins AB's Australian equities team from Colonial First State Global Asset Management, where he was a senior investment analyst, core Australian equities. Prior to that, he worked ...

Wilson submits request to shut down Aurora fund

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2016
Wilson Asset Management has submitted a request for an extraordinary general meeting to wind up an Aurora Funds Management fund. Aurora is the responsible entity for the HHY Fund, which is designed to give investors exposure to loans and hybrid securities ...

Contango appoints new director

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2016
Contango MicroCap has appointed a new director. Alistair Drummond joins the Contango board having been a senior portfolio manager at Contango Asset Management since 2015. This was his second stint on Contango Asset Management's investment team; he was ...

AZ NGA acquires $130m Brisbane practice

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2016
AZ Next Generation Advisory has acquired a Brisbane advice group which manages $130 million in client funds. Logiro Uncharted was established by Stephen Bell, Lyn Bell and Chris Shiels in 2007. It provides advice on wealth accumulation, retirement planning ...

ASIC appoints markets disciplinary chair

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2016
ASIC has appointed the chair of its markets disciplinary panel. Serving a two-year term from August 1, Simon Gray is the former deputy chair of the panel. He is also the deputy chief executive of Shaw and Partners, a member of ASIC's market supervision ...

Keybridge chair ousted in Bentley coup

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2016
Keybridge Capital's chair has departed following the extraordinary general meeting triggered by Bentley Capital. In Andrew Moffat's wake, Bentley nominees Simon Cato and William Johnson have been appointed to the board, and deputy chair Bill Brown has ...