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Wilson explains Aurora fund wind-up proposal

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2016
Wilson Asset Management has outlined to unitholders why the HHY fund, managed by Keybridge Capital, should be shut down. Arguing that the "expertise to manage the HHY portfolio promoted to unitholders is no longer at Keybridge," Wilson's letter referred ...

AMP Capital names new chair

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2016
AMP Capital has named the person to replace long-standing chair Brian Clark when he steps down on 16 August after seven years in the role. Clark has been a director of AMP Capital since February 2008 and chairman since March 2009. Stepping into the ...

ASIC appoints markets disciplinary chair

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2016
ASIC has appointed the chair of its markets disciplinary panel. Serving a two-year term from August 1, Simon Gray is the former deputy chair of the panel. He is also the deputy chief executive of Shaw and Partners, a member of ASIC's market supervision ...

EQT appoints non-executive director

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2016
Equity Trustees has appointed a new independent non-executive director and signalled further plans for expansion into Asia. D Glenn Sedgwick will join Equity Trustees from 8 August 2016, bringing with him more than 30 years' experience in advising listed ...

ASIC hands down multiple bans

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2016
ASIC has permanently banned one adviser and handed temporary bans to two others, one of which was formerly employed by Australian and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ). Craig Miller, formerly of Malanda in North Queensland, was employed by ANZ as a financial ...

ThinkSmart to de-list from ASX

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2016
Listed fintech company ThinkSmart has announced its plans to de-list on the ASX and migrate to the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange. As part of the move, ThinkSmart has entered an agreement to raise roughly £5 million via undertaking a placement ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2016
China's GDP to grow 56% by 2021 Total world GDP is estimated to be A$99 trillion this year, according to the Statistics Times news service. The US as expected is ranked number one accounting for 25% of global economic output, followed by China on 15% ...

Wealth division overhauled in latest NAB restructure

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2016
Three members of NAB's executive leadership team will leave the company following an extensive organisational restructure which sees wealth management and personal banking brought under the same division. Group executive personal banking Gavin Slater ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2016
Employment up but hours worked fell Employment in Australia grew by 0.07% in June, consistent with the average growth rate over the last six months, according to trend figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). The latest Labour ...

Former Wickham CEO pleads guilty to fraud

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2016
The former CEO of collapsed debenture issuer, Wickham Securities, has pleaded guilty to a string of charges brought by ASIC, including fraud. In a statement the regulator said 50-year-old Garth Robertson of Parrearra on the Sunshine Coast pleaded guilty ...