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Sequoia chief learns his fate at EGM

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2024
... groom and mentor a suitable replacement for the business, who will continue to drive our excellent group performance." In May, Crole and Pattison turned to the Takeovers Panel to request intervention ahead of the EGM suggesting disgruntled shareholders ...

ASIC cancels AFSL of XTrade

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2024
... (AAT) on 29 April 2024 for a review and stay of ASIC's decision to cancel the AFSL. Following an interlocutory hearing on 31 May 2024, the AAT refused XTrade's stay application. This means that XTrade's AFSL remains cancelled until a final decision is ...

ETFs dominate client portfolios: Study

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2024
... rise of the FIRE movement, DIY investing, and "finfluencers" exposing consumers to financial products and strategies that may or may not be right for their situations, some consumers might need help understanding this mainstay of financial instruments," ...

Monochrome launches Bitcoin ETF amid first-mover dispute

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2024
... Financial Standard that it launched the first spot bitcoin ETF (CBOE: EBTC) and spot Ethereum ETF (CBOE: EETH) in Australia in May 2022 on the Cboe exchange. Global X said these ETFs were the first of their kind in the APAC region. Global X added that ...

Higher-for-longer rates dominate adviser conversations

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2024
... previous generations, it's important to consider clients' income needs and plan to enjoy an active life for longer. "Clients may be missing out on better returns that equities and other asset classes can produce over longer investment periods. The new ...

Broken promises leave survivors in the lurch

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2024
... Court subsequently ordered Van Ryn to pay $1.4 million dollars in damages along with the victim's legal costs. But he may never see a cent of this money because the legal loophole by which offenders can hide their assets in superannuation accounts ...

Australian Ethical updates investment guide

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2024
... projects they value both individually and collaboratively. The negative factors it will now consider include the way companies may produce products that are harmful to human health, discriminate or restrict human rights, cause animal suffering, mislead ...

Ironbark partners with HarbourVest to launch fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2024
... limitations presented by closed-end funds. It aims to provide ease of access to private equity, through lower entry minimums than may have been traditionally offered, the ability to gain immediate exposure to private equity with no ramp-up period, and ...

GSFM and Tribeca part ways after 16 years

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2024
... effective June 1, after being in partnership since 2008. GSFM chief executive Damien McIntyre emailed staff and clients on May 31 to deliver the news, which he said was a mutual decision. "From this date, GSFM will no longer be responsible for distributing ...

Early release of super scammers cop prison time

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2024
... during the pandemic by using myGov accounts to claim to be other super account holders. Two women who both pleaded guilty on May 28 were sentenced to three years and six months' imprisonment. The third woman was sentenced in April to five months ...