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Magnolia Capital takeover saga continues

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2021
Magnolia Capital has expressed doubts about the solvency of The Agency Group as the saga over its takeover bid continues. Magnolia said it has accepted the findings of the Takeovers Panel but continues to have concerns about the solvency of The Agency ...

Sequoia completes acquisitions

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2021
Seqouia Financial Group's subsidiary Docs Centre has completed the acquisition of corporate registry firm Panthercorp from Easton Investments and finalised a purchase of assets. The integrated financial services company funded the $1.7 million purchase ...

HUB24 completes Paragem sale

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2021
HUB24 has confirmed the completion of the sale of Paragem to a subsidiary Easton and announced a new member of the Easton board. HUB24 confirmed the completion of the Paragem sale to the ASX saying it has now received the 3.3 million Easton shares issued ...

Chief economist update: Overvaluation tests FOMO and TINA trades

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2021
Wall Street's down. Repeat, Wall Street's down! The CBOE VIX index - the fear gauge - jumped by 9.5% in the last trading day of the first month of 2021 to 33.09 points, marking the highest since the renewed COVID-19 outbreak in Europe that subsequently ...

Shipton to leave ASIC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2021
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has announced ASIC chair James Shipton will leave the regulator in the coming months, despite being cleared by Vivian Thom's review of ASIC Governance. Releasing the review findings today, Frydenberg said he and Shipton ...

IPO outlook positive for 2021

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2021
The pipeline is encouraging for initial public offerings on the ASX this year as 14 companies are set to list, according to the latest HLB Mann Judd IPO Watch report. The 14 companies are seeking to raise $172 million, up from $111 million sought compared ...

You can't hate Trump but love the S&P 500: Research

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2021
If you disliked Donald Trump, you may want to reconsider your investment in S&P 500 stocks as new research shows these companies are likely to donate more to the Republicans than to the Democrats. Goods Unite Us mapped political donations from S&P 500 ...

GQG sees spectacular FUM growth

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2021
The global equities boutique swelled its assets by over $45 billion in 2020 amid a year of good performance. GQG Partners, which is a part of ASX-listed multi-boutique Pacific Current Group, now has $86.9 billion in total funds under management, according ...

Malicious attacks most common in finance

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2021
The finance sector reported the second largest number of data breaches last year, beat out only by the health sector, according to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC). The Notifiable Data Breaches Report found the finance sector ...

NAB swallows up neobank

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2021
Just weeks after the downfall of Xinja, Neobank 86 400 has announced plans to join the NAB Group in a $220m acquisition. Founded by Cuscal, a Sydney-based IT service management company, and led by chief executive Robert Bell, 86 400 launched the mobile-led ...