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NAB calls trading halt

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2019
NAB shares have been placed in a trading halt pending the announcement of leadership changes, the bank announced to the ASX this afternoon. NAB said it wants the trading halt to remain until it makes the announcement. It would lift either at the commencement ...

Freedom Insurance suspends trading

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2019
Freedom Insurance Group has requested the ASX to suspend its shares indefinitely. Freedom first requested a trading halt on February 5 based on a "pending announcement providing a material update on the financial position of Freedom and its subsidiaries." ...

Link sells a slice of $1.5 billion acquisition

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2019
Link Group is selling a part of a business it acquired for $1.5 billion in 2017, with the proceeds going to pay down debt. The ASX-listed company has entered a binding agreement to sell its corporate and private clients (CPCS) business to Apex Group ...

IPO activity to slow down

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2019
IPO activity in the coming six months could slow down after 2018's floats disappointed with their share prices at year end, according to HLB Mann Judd. Initial Public Offerings raised $8.4 billion in 2018 - more than double of the capital raised ...

Clime names distribution and private wealth lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2019
Clime Investment Management appointed Adam Youkhana as general manager of private wealth and distribution, a newly created role to lead the client-facing functions of the group. Youkhana was most recently the general manager of wealth at ASX-listed ...

Aussie equities trading volume jumps at Liquidnet

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2019
Global and Aussie asset managers traded about $12 billion in Australian equities on Liquidnet's network in 2018, swelling 20% over the previous year. The increased volumes were a result of Australian members of the network using more algo trading ...

Australia Day honours recognise industry stalwarts

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2019
Several veterans of Australia's financial services industry were recognised over the long weekend in the 2019 Australia Day Honours List. Honoured for their service to the sector, the list features a number of familiar faces, including the chair ...

Advice dealer group seeks ASX listing

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2019
A financial advice dealer group is looking to list on the ASX this year, kicking off a $10 million IPO to make it happen. AD Capital Group has set its sights on listing later this year as part of an ongoing strategy to become one of Australia's ...

Watermark pulls out of global equities

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2019
Watermark Funds Management is shuttering its global equities business, saying farewell to a number of senior staff. The ASX-listed fund manager announced it is in the process of liquidating its international exposures and will return to its original ...

BNP Paribas Securities Services names APAC lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2019
BNP Paribas appointed a new Asia Pacific lead for BNP Paribas Securities Services. Mostapha Tahiri will succeed Philippe Benoit as the head of the Asia Pacific business effective February 1. Tahiri will report to Jose Placido, global head of client ...