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Private equity manager secures insto mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2017
A global private equity firm signed a significant investment mandate with a sizeable Australian institutional investor. The institutional investor is yet to be named, but the mandate - which was secured in Blue Sky Alternative Investments' real assets ...

Xero chair resigns to advise Trump

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2017
Xero chairman Chris Liddell will resign from the firm's board to take up a position as an aide to United States President-elect Donald Trump. The financial services software provider told the ASX that Liddell notified the company of his need to step ...

Wilson calls for Hunter Hall exit

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2017
Wilson Asset Management chair and activist investor Geoff Wilson is calling for Hunter Hall to provide shareholders the opportunity to exit the company's Global Value LIC at fair value. In a letter to the directors of Hunter Hall Global Value Limited ...

BetaShares develops new ethical ETF

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 17 JAN 2017
BetaShares launched an ETF to provide investors with exposure to a portfolio of the world's top sustainable and ethical companies in one trade. The BetaShares Global Sustainability Leader ETF (ETHI) is the first global equities ETF available via the ...

SMSF investors trade during market volatility

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2017
Self-managed superannuation fund investors were not spooked during last year's share market volatility, with analysis showing they were the largest net investors in the ASX Top 20 during 2016. Commsec analysis shows that during an August 2015 market ...

NSW government pins fintech job hopes to H2 Ventures

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 13 JAN 2017
The NSW government has underwritten a deal between specialist lender Investec and H2 Ventures which will provide the fintech accelerator with an additional $4 million in funding. Deputy Premier and Minister for Small Business John Barilaro said the ...

Hunter Hall rejects non-compliance claims

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 6 JAN 2017
Hunter Hall says recent major announcements to the ASX were handled appropriately, responding to suggestions of misconduct raised by Fairfax Media. Reports from Fairfax allege outgoing chief investment officer Peter Hall revealed an intention to sell ...

Spring FG enters property joint venture

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 5 JAN 2017
Diversified wealth management firm Spring Financial Group is entering a joint venture to provide property management, letting agency and resale services to its clients. Under the arrangement with Tessa Residential, which will initially focus on clients' ...

mFund to expand product offering

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 22 DEC 2016
ASIC is in the final stages of making a greater range of managed investment products available via the mFund Settlement Service. Until now retail investors could only apply for and redeem interests in simple managed investment schemes with a shorter ...

Landmark ESG recommendations for Australia

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 20 DEC 2016
For the first time in its 10-year history, the United Nations-supported Principles for Responsible Investment is publishing several ESG recommendations specifically targeted at Australian fiduciaries. The document, Fiduciary Duty in the 21st Century ...