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Vanguard appoints ex-Macquarie division director

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2016
Vanguard has appointed a new senior key account manager. Andrew Mathie joins Vanguard from Macquarie, where he was division director - banking and financial services. Prior to that, he was an associate director and national key account manager at the ...

Northern Trust hires CBA equities research director

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2016
Northern Trust Capital Markets has appointed a new research analyst. Ben Brownette joins Northern Trust from CBA, where he was a director and analyst on the equities research team. Before that, he was a senior analyst at Aegis Equities Research and ...

Insync apppoints new BDM from YBR

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2016
Insync Fund Managers has appointed a new business development manager. Responsible for the Insync Global Titans Fund, Yu Ming Cawthorn joins Insync from Yellow Brick Road, where she was national manager of wealth operations. Prior YBR, she was client ...

Bentley renews call for Keybridge director dismissal

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2016
Bentley Capital has updated its reasons for dismissing Keybridge chair Andrew Moffat and electing Bentley representatives to the Keybridge board. In an ASX statement, Bentley said that it is now the second-largest Keybridge shareholder, surpassing Viburnum ...

AMP Capital hits back at second LIM wind-up letter

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2016
AMP Capital has responded to LIM Advisors' second open letter about winding up the China Growth Fund (AGF), saying it is "not a fair reflection of the actions [AMP Capital] has taken." On July 21, LIM issued a second letter to AGF unitholders, which ...

NAS wins custody mandate from absolute return manager

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2016
NAB Asset Servicing will provide custodial and back office services for an Australian absolute return investment manager. Optimal Fund Management selected NAS because, in principal George Colman's words, "We were impressed with NAB Asset Servicing's ...

IFM appoints private capital director from Whitehelm

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2016
IFM Investors has appointed an associate director to the private capital team. David Perkis joins IFM from Whitehelm Capital, where he was a senior associate covering listed and unlisted property and infrastructure. He has also held roles at Gresham ...

ThinkSmart to de-list from ASX

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2016
Listed fintech company ThinkSmart has announced its plans to de-list on the ASX and migrate to the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange. As part of the move, ThinkSmart has entered an agreement to raise roughly £5 million via undertaking a placement ...

Court dismisses AMP appeal for China fund EGM

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2016
The Court of Appeal has dismissed AMP Life's appeal in relation to its voting rights at the AMP Capital China Growth Fund (AGF) extraordinary general meeting this Thursday. The Supreme Court had previously decided that AMP Life, which holds roughly ...

Micro-investment app hits 100,000 users in Australia

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2016
Over 100,000 users have signed up to micro-investment savings app Acorns following its Australian debut six months ago. The app, which gives users the opportunity to "round up" individual purchases - a $3.50 coffee, for example, becomes $4 - and invest ...