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ClearView kicks off strategic review

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 3 SEP 2021
A week after selling its advice unit, ASX-listed ClearView has announced a strategic review of the business supported by its private equity shareholder. ClearView said the review's focus is to maximise shareholder value. It was announced after an evaluation ...

HGL relaunches fund to wholesale investors

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2021
... Investments in November 2007, will rebrand to the H&G High Conviction Fund. The original fund has a concentrated portfolio of listed equities, predominantly sub-$100 million market capitalisation companies listed on the ASX. It targets a return of 15% ...

APRA leaves door open for benchmark tweaks

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2021
... their consultants. "We know it [index for unlisted assets] is not perfect," she said. "When we put out our heatmap, we used listed indices because we couldn't find a decent unlisted index. A number of suggestions were put through to the government ...

CountPlus takes stake in firm

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2021
The ASX-listed advice and accounting group is acquiring a 49% shareholding in an accounting firm based in Victoria. CountPlus will pay a total of $2.8 million for Southern Cross Business Holdings (SCBA) made up of an initial payment of $2.2 million ...

Binance Australia appoints chief executive

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2021
... Australia. Leigh Travers, former DigitalX chief executive and director, has joined Binance in the lead role. DigitalX is an ASX listed blockchain technology company, where Travers had a seven-year career. "I've long been an advocate of the benefits that ...

Equal Pay Day offers sobering reminder

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2021
... pay gap." Recently, research from the University of South Australia showed a significant gender pay gap across 539 ASX-listed Australian firms - with 80% of them paying female executives 30-35% less than their male counterparts. The research found women ...

Buy-sell spreads higher for active and diversified ETFs: Rainmaker

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 30 AUG 2021
Active ETFs and diversified ETFs have the highest buy-sell spreads among ASX-listed ETFs, according to Rainmaker analysis. Across the ASX-listed ETFs, the median buy-sell spread is 17 bps. However, the actual spread varies vastly by types of ETFs. The ...

Mainstream revenue up 18%

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 27 AUG 2021
ASX-listed Mainstream reported $65.6 million in revenue for FY21, up 18% from the previous financial year. The firm said all revenue growth was organic and driven by demand in Australia, Asia and the United States. Operating EBITDA rose 27% to $20.4 ...

ASX 100 missing key reporting metric: ACCR

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 27 AUG 2021
... Responsibility has raised serious governance concerns with ASX 100 companies in relation to contractors. ACCR found that Australian listed companies remain opaque about their labour hire, contracting and outsourcing practices which leaves investors unable ...

CountPlus profit plummets

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 AUG 2021
The ASX-listed advice and accounting group recorded a 59% drop in net profit to $7.1 million as grandfathered commissions came to a halt and COVID-19 impacted the business. Regulatory reform, namely the FASEA exam, also impacted the business however ...