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Centrepoint sells funding business for $20m

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 20 DEC 2016
Centrepoint Alliance sold its Premium Funding business following a strategic review. The business has been sold to the Finance subsidiary of the Bank of Queensland for a total consideration of $20 million. BOQ said the business was appealing due to ...

Link completes AustralianSuper transition

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 19 DEC 2016
More than two million AustralianSuper members have been successfully transitioned by Link Group onto its aaspire administration platform. Ahead of schedule and under budget, the transition is Link's ninth in the past 14 months and brings the total of ...

NAB farewells two directors

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 19 DEC 2016
Two directors who served on NAB's board since 2004 retired on Friday. Daniel Gilbert and Jillian Segal retired following the bank's annual general meeting; NAB chair Ken Henry thanked them for their "outstanding service" over the past 12 years. Gilbert ...

Australia dulled to gender diversity: AMP Capital

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2016
Corporate Australia is becoming desensitised to gender diversity. That is the key argument of AMP Capital's latest report on the issue. 'GENDER DIVERSITY: The real reason we are still talking about it' is a report discussing the drivers of poor gender ...

Forager to launch Australian shares LIT

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2016
Forager Funds Management will list its Australian shares listed investment trust (LIT) on the ASX on Friday. The LIT is a converted form of Forager's Australian Shares Fund. An unusual investment vehicle - and not widely used in Australia - the LIT ...

Watermark closes IPO for market neutral LIC

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 13 DEC 2016
Watermark closed its initial public offering for Australia's first global market neutral listed investment company. The Watermark Global Leaders Fund Limited raised more than $90 million, close to the initial goal of $110 million, from investors at ...

Former ASX chief to chair Perpetual

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 13 DEC 2016
Perpetual chairman Peter Scott is retiring, with the firm also naming his successor. Former ASX chief executive and ASIC chairman Tony D'Aloisio is moving in as chairman-elect, replacing Scott when he steps down on 31 May 2017. Scott joined the Perpetual ...

Small caps and corporate activity drive LIC performance

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2016
Small and mid-cap LICs continued their strong performance in the second half of 2016, with a growing pipeline of corporate activity shining a positive light on the sector moving into 2017. Independent Investment Research's (IIR) Listed Investment Company ...

Lonsec rates BetaShares ETF

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2016
Lonsec has given a 'Recommended' rating to BetaShares' new ASX diversifier ETF. The BetaShares Ex-20 Portfolio Diversifier ETF targets about 180 stocks listed on the S&P/ASX 200, excluding the top 20. The goal is to diversify exposure to the market ...

Lonsec adds AB fund to portfolios

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2016
AllianceBernstein's AB Managed Volatility Equities Fund has been added to Lonsec's core model portfolios. The firm is delighted with the recognition, with AB chief executive - Australia, Jen Driscoll saying it highlights the excellent performance of ...