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Perpetual takes stake in US asset manager

JAMIE WILLIAMSON, KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2020
Perpetual has acquired a 75% interest in a US-based asset manager. Perpetual has entered an agreement with BrightSphere Investment Group to acquire its stake in $64 billion Barrow, Hanley, Mewhinney & Strauss (Barrow Hanley); a global manager based ...

Property winners, losers of COVID-19 crisis

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated the strengths and weaknesses of property assets; with clear winners and losers emerging in the wake of the crisis. That's according to Principal Real Estate Investors chief executive Todd Everett, who told ...

Ombudsman demands changes for small business insolvencies

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2020
The Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman Kate Carnell is calling for a number of measures to be put in place to protect small businesses from a 'tsunami' of insolvencies. In the latest Insolvency Practices Inquiry report ...

ASIC suspends OTC derivatives issuer

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2020
The corporate regulator has suspended the Australian financial services licence of Union Standard International Group. The Sydney-based retail over-the-counter derivatives issuer operating as USGFX is suspended until September 23 under 915B of the Corporations ...

No returns in sight for AAP investors

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2020
The consortium that saved Australian Associated Press' newswire will get no return on their investment, with contributors donating anywhere between $3000 and $1 million at the close of the financial year. Led by impact investor Nick Harrington and philanthropist ...

Opportunities in EM debt rebound: Eaton Vance

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2020
Despite the dramatic rebound experienced in financial markets during the second quarter, Eaton Vance believes there are still pockets of opportunity in the emerging market sector. Buoyed by central bank and governmental policy responses around the world ...

FASEA brings back remote tests

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2020
As Melbourne has returned to a strict lockdown to battle a second wave of COVID-19, FASEA has responded by bringing back remote tests. "Following the reimposition of Stage 3 stay at home restrictions for metropolitan Melbourne and Mitchell Shire and ...

Netwealth booms amid pandemic

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2020
Specialist wealth management platform Netwealth has seen its share price soar, after it reported a 35% increase in funds under administration for the financial year. Shares in Netwealth lifted nearly 16% during trade on Thursday to hit new all-time ...

State Street cuts fees on flagship equities funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2020
State Street is dropping the fees on its flagship actively-managed equities funds by 9 to 13 bps for Australian investors effective July 1. The State Street Australian Equity Fundwill go from charging 79bps per year in management costs to 70bps. It ...

New partner at Stanford Brown

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2020
Advice firm Stanford Brown has appointed a new partner with over two decades of experience. Todd Stanford has nabbed the promotion, after just over one year with the firm. Stanford Brown chief executive Jonathan Hoyle congratulated Stanford on his promotion. ...