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Kelly+Partners launches corporate advisory business

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 8 DEC 2017
As flagged in its FY17 results, chartered accountancy and wealth firm Kelly+Partners is launching a new corporate advisory business. Kelly+Partners Corporate Advisory (KPCA) will specialise in providing "trusted, unconflicted advice to private business ...

ASX pioneers blockchain technology

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 7 DEC 2017
The world will look on "carefully" as the ASX becomes the first major stock exchange to implement distributed ledger technology (DLT) across its trading platform, says deputy chief executive Peter Hiom. In announcing it will replace its trades settlement ...

Corporate governance LIC slashes fees, appoints portfolio manager

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 DEC 2017
An ASX-listed investment company focusing on ASX 100 companies ranked by corporate governance standards has negotiated a significant reduction in its total expense ratio and appointed a portfolio manager from Evans Dixon. Australian Governance Masters ...

BetaShares launches Australian ESG fund

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 DEC 2017
Following on from its global offering, BetaShares has launched an exchange-traded fund targeting ASX companies meeting specific sustainability criteria. The BetaShares Australian Sustainability ETF, traded under the ticker code FAIR, screens out ASX  ...

LIC fund reopens to investors

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2017
A boutique fund manager is reopening one of its funds for the entire month of December. Affluence Funds Management's LIC Fund invests purely in ASX listed investment companies (LICs), holding 31 LICs at the end of October. Affluence Funds Management ...

RNY unitholders left unpaid after Aurora scandal

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 NOV 2017
Many unitholders in the RNY Property Trust have yet to be compensated following the takeover by Aurora Funds Management, whose chief financial officer was terminated after $1 million vanished from a listed Aurora trust last weekend, and ASIC has so ...

Contango swaps investment managers following AGM

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 28 NOV 2017
The majority of Contango Microcap (CTN) shareholders approved the proposal to remove Contango Asset Management (CGA) as the firm's investment manager at the annual general meeting today. The new investment manager for CTN will be NAOS Asset Management. ...

Blockchain will boost company value: Research

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 28 NOV 2017
Using blockchain technology to allow e-voting at annual general meetings would likely increase overall company value, latest research from the University of Wollongong shows. Research conducted by University of Wollongong deputy vice chancellor Alex ...

Ophir Asset Management expands investment team

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 28 NOV 2017
Australian small and mid-cap equities manager Ophir Asset Management is strengthening its investment team with the appointment of a new investment analyst. Joshua Clark joins Ophir with a strong background in smaller company research, following recent ...

Aurora CFO terminated as $1m vanishes from listed trust

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2017
Aurora Funds Management has terminated the employment of its chief financial officer after $1 million was withdrawn from the bank account of a listed Aurora vehicle over the weekend. Terminated chief financial officer Betty Poon's involvement in the ...