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Implemented Portfolios hires for national expansion

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 4 SEP 2017
... manager Emery Wong to the role of assistant portfolio manager. Prior to Mason Stevens, Wong also previously worked as a unit trust analyst for J.P. Morgan. Implemented Portfolios chairman Greg Kirk welcomed Wong, saying he brings "invaluable managed ...

Former investment bankers behind new platform

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2017
Two former senior JPMorgan and UBS investment bankers have joined forces to launch an online investment platform. Targeting investors seeking exposure to a wide range of asset classes in Australia, Rob Nankivell and Travis Miller said iPartners aims ...

ASIC audits limited AFSLs

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUL 2017
... million in a managed investment scheme operating without a licence. The regulator is seeking to wind up VKK Investments Unit Trust, a land banking scheme which owns land located in Keysborough in Melbourne's south east, and its trustee, Gem Management. ...

Hassle-free housing investment

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2017
... very high-quality stuff in Sydney or Melbourne," Millet said. BRICKX buys residential properties, places them in a unit trust and then breaks them down into 10,000 individual Bricks which investors can purchase - up to a maximum of 500 per investor - ...

Distribution reshapes globalisation: Capital Group

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2017
... 2016 it has generated an annualised return of 13.4% versus an index return of 9.9% over 43 years. It is available in a unit trust structure and through the investment platforms such as BT, Macquarie, Colonial First State, MLC, Netwealth and HUB24.

Fund manager sells all shares ahead of crash

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAY 2017
A veteran fund manager is liquidating all unit trust assets and handing back mandates due to a "clear and present danger" in property and equity markets. Altair Asset Management chair and chief investment officer Philip Parker explained he had sold ...

Ausbil MicroCap suspends applications and redemptions

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAY 2017
Ausbil's star MicroCap Fund suspended all applications and redemptions following the departure of its portfolio managers. Tony Waters and Chris Prunty left the fund manager last week, citing lifestyle reasons. At the time Ausbil said the MicroCap Fund ...

Custody sector hits $3 trillion

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAR 2017
... 70%) compared to $973 billion in non-Australian assets. The number of ASX settlements decreased by 2.6% and unlisted unit trust registry volume increased by 13.7%. ACSA chair David Knights said the milestone indicates the strength of the Australian superannuation ...

Aviva funds receive Lonsec and Zenith tick

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2017
Two Aviva Investors funds have received strong ratings from Zenith and Lonsec. Lonsec gave an "investment grade" rating to the Aviva Investors Multi-Strategy Target Income Fund (AIMS TIF); Zenith gave AIMS TIF a "recommended" rating to the same fund ...

Wilson lodges to scrap Hunter Hall LIC board

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2017
... "incorrectly implies that the entry and exit feature of a listed investment company should be the same to those of a unit trust," adding that in order for his proposal to be fair and equitable, the entire HHV portfolio would need to be liquidated to ...