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Managed accounts provider enters crowdfunding

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2018
... accounts provider, allowing it to provide an equity crowdfunding service. BIR Financial told shareholders that its securities trading and corporate advisory business, Pulse Markets, was recently granted permission to begin an equity crowdfunding service. ...

GAM chief executive steps down

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2018
... absolute return bond funds. The suspension triggered an overwhelming number of redemptions and GAM was forced to halt trading and liquidate the funds which held about $10 billion in total. The first payments were made in early September. Shortly after ...

Chief economist update: BOE waiting on Brexit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2018
... is nigh. "The economic outlook will depend significantly on the nature of EU withdrawal, in particular the form of new trading arrangements, the smoothness of the transition to them and the responses of households, businesses and financial markets. The ...

Super funds react to market sell off

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2018
... 4 October 2017. The markets have rebounded slightly from Thursday's low of 5664 to hit 5718 in this morning's trading. AustralianSuper's head of portfolio construction Alistair Barker said the $140 billion fund doesn't think the recent ...

Blockchain can power internal systems: Digital Asset

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2018
... you could think about the distinctions between the operations department, the risks department, the front office and the trading department. We need to have different command and control in the need for reconciliation all the way back to the general ...

Young Aussies set lofty retirement goals

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2018
Australian millennials are aiming to retire comfortably at 50 with $5 million in their nest egg, a new survey shows. Trading platform Stake surveyed 506 Australians and those aged between 18 and 34 said investing in US stocks will help make their goals ...

Robo-advice register launches

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2018
... Tools) register profiles 36 financial management fintech solutions sold directly to consumers that provide budgeting, trading, investing and post-retirement services. This includes fintechs such as AtlasTrend, Aleda Capital, brightday, BRICKX, Care360 ...

Chief economist update: If you can't beat Trump, copy Trump

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2018
The Shanghai composite index surged by 4.1% at the end of yesterday's trading activity in China. This is the biggest single day gained since 2 March 2016 (4.3%) and followed the 2.5% jump in the index last Friday. This is to be expected given that ...

Afterpay faces senate inquiry

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2018
... Afterpay incurs when consumers don't pay on time. Afterpay shares traded $12.49 at publication time. Since it began trading in June 2017 at about $2.70, shares peaked at $21.13 in August 2018.

New Pinnacle affiliate to manage Blue Sky LIC

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2018
... Alternative Markets Access Fund under the ticker code AMF. Why the split? The Blue Sky Alternatives Access Fund has been trading at a significant discount to its net tangible assets (NTA). The LIC was managed by Blue Sky (BLA). Blue Sky said its discounted ...