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ASIC appeal upheld

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2020
An appeal by the corporate watchdog has been upheld after the Federal Court set aside a decision made by the Administrative Appeals Tribunal to not ban a Western Australian-based financial adviser. Robert Hutchison was permanently banned from providing ...

Forex Capital to face Federal Court

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2020
The corporate watchdog has kicked off civil penalty proceedings in the Federal Court of Australia against contracts-for-difference and FX broker Forex Capital, as well as its sole director. If found guilty of all allegations, director Shlomo Yoshai ...

Charter Hall makes $214m warehouse play

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2020
The $40 billion property investment manager has acquired three warehouses from Owens-Illinois Australia (OIA), setting Charter Hall back $214 million for the investment. A Sydney-based glass manufacturing facility and warehouse, located at 130-170 Andrews ...

Saxo Markets adds options to platform

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2020
Multi-asset trading and investment platform provider Saxo Markets has added exchange traded options to its platform, giving clients the ability to gain exposure to the ASX without having to purchase shares directly. Options allow investors to hedge ...

Aussie banks set to underperform

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2020
Australia's financial services sector, particularly the big four banks, are set to underperform over the coming months, with mounting business and home loan deferrals to blame. That's according to T. Rowe Price head of Australian equities Randal ...

GMO acquires Japanese equity manager

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2020
Global investment firm GMO has acquired a Japanese investment advisory firm and nabbed two senior executives from PGIM's quantitative investment manager QMA. GMO has acquired Usonian Investments, a value-orientated Japanese equity manager. "Usonian ...

Legg Mason subsidiary cuts performance fees

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2020
A subsidiary of Legg Mason has cut performance fees for two of its value funds, after recording negative returns during the COVID-19 crisis. RARE Infrastructure, a listed infrastructure manager, removed performance fees on its value funds, both hedged ...

Top equities managers revealed

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2020
Former Ausbil microcap managers Tony Waters and Chris Prunty have come out on top of Mercer's Australian Shares Investment Manager Performance ranking, after their QVG Capital Long Short fund returned 29.3% for the year. Hyperion Australian Growth and ...

Optimism, resilience high on the recruitment checklist

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2020
Workers looking for new employment in the superannuation and investment industries need to display qualities of optimism, self-motivation, resilience and mental agility to nab a role during the COVID-19 crisis. That's according to specialist recruiter ...

WAM makes alternatives play

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2020
Geoff Wilson's $3 billion Wilson Asset Management has acquired the management rights for embattled alternatives investment company Blue Sky. On May 20 last year, Blue Sky Alternative Investments announced it had been forced into receivership, with Oaktree ...