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Ironbark to wind up emerging markets fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2020
... happened at the same time that BrightSphere sold its 75% interest in value manager Barrow Hanley Strauss Mewhinney & Strauss to ASX-listed Perpetual for $465 million. There are 22 EM equities funds on offer in Australia with $6.5 billion in total assets ...

Asset managers want action on modern-day slavery

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2020
Asset management heavyweights are urging the nation's top 100 companies to take modern-day slavery and labour exploitation seriously by lifting the hood on their supply chains. The Investors Against Slavery and Trafficking (IAST) APAC, a newly-formed ...

Fiducian looks to gain from change

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2020
The ASX-listed financial advice group has said it expects ongoing change in the industry to enhance its opportunities to acquire new businesses, as it considers a pipeline of growth prospects. In an update to the ASX, Fiducian said a number of established ...

InvestSMART adds to board

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2020
ASX-listed InvestSMART Group has added a well-known financial commentator and editor to its board, which is chaired by Paul Clitheroe. Effie Zahos will join InvestSMART's board. She is currently editor-at-large at Canstar. Until last year she was ...

CountPlus divests member firm

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2020
... its majority interest in a member firm to a fellow member firm after a review found it could not add strategic value. The ASX-listed advice and accounting group has sold its 61.28% interest in Specialised Business Solutions to The MBA Partnership, which ...

Loftus Peak lists active ETF

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2020
The Sydney boutique has listed its top-performing global equities fund on the ASX as an active ETF, while removing it from the mFund market place. The Loftus Peak Global Disruption Fund was the top performer in large-cap global equities funds with 24.2% ...

New fixed income boutique launches

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2020
Former UBS fund manager Chris Baylis, billionaire investor Alex Waislitz and ASX-listed cash platform Cashwerkz have teamed up to launch a new funds management businesses. Fortlake Asset Management is offering four funds, across retail, wholesale and ...

Off-platform assets consume advisers' time

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2020
... (59%) of the 211 advisers surveyed administer a portion of client assets off-platform. These assets include term deposits, ASX-listed shares, ETFs, direct and commercial property, wholesale and retail managed funds, and private equity holdings. Many ...

Former advisers face huge fines

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2020
... those shares. It was alleged that Kawecki was trying to artificially satisfy the minimum spread requirements according to ASX listing rules. The purpose of the minimum spread requirement is to demonstrate that there is sufficient investor interest, from ...

Pengana shutters income-focused fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2020
... Pengana Capital will wind up an income-focused Australian equities fund, as it underperforms and the income opportunities in ASX stocks shrink. The Pengana Australian Equities Income Fund invested in 20 to 40 ASX-listed companies, with a focus on income. ...