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Funds valued illiquid asset correctly: ASIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 AUG 2021
Corporate regulator ASIC stopped just short of praising fund managers on how they handled valuing illiquid assets at the height of COVID-19. ASIC found that the responsible entities of the funds were responsive to the increased valuation risks during ...

EQT ups bid for Iress

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 AUG 2021
... $10.95 on June 9 and a 61.2% increase to the volume weighted average price ($9.87) for the three months to June 9. The Iress board said it believes it is in the best interest of shareholders to engage further with EQT in relation to the proposal. "Iress ...

Booming market for financial services jobs

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 10 AUG 2021
According to Kaizen Recruitment, which specialises in financial services, lockdowns have not cooled a hot job market for finance professionals. The recruitment firm said positive momentum from the first quarter of 2021 only accelerated into the second ...

Platform co-founder departs

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 9 AUG 2021
WealthO2's co-founder and chief executive has suddenly departed the company as two directors are appointed to the board. Shannon Bernasconi has left WealthO2 after six years at the helm. She previously left her role as managing director of Calastone ...

MSC Group hires exec director, eyes Sydney

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 9 AUG 2021
... on other corporate trustee businesses including Australian Executor Trustees and Guardian Trust Australia. "Our trustee board and staff will benefit immensely from [Joseph's] vast experience across multiple decades in corporate trusteeship,"MSC Group ...

Clime ousts Schafer

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 9 AUG 2021
... extraordinary general meeting on August 6, about 95% or 37.54 million shareholders voted in favour of removing Schafer from the board. Schafer told Financial Standard : "My real concern is that shareholders are not fully informed about the underlying ...

Economic recap: Week to August 6

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 AUG 2021
At the conclusion of its August board meeting, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) announced its decision to: maintain the cash rate target at 10 basis points and the interest rate on Exchange Settlement balances of 0% maintain the target of 10 basis ...

Acquisition to create APAC real assets heavyweight

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 6 AUG 2021
... Asset Management will become a subsidiary of ESR. ARA Asset Management co-founder and deputy chair John Lim will join ESR's board, and all ARA Asset Management shareholders will rollover their ownership interest into ESR. Completion of the deal is expected ...

Super fund member meetings under the spotlight

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 AUG 2021
... effect, super funds are required to hold annual members' meetings so that members are given the chance to engage with the board and executives and ask questions about topics such as fund performance and operations. This is the first time ASIC has ...

Former QIC managing director joins Northleaf

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 5 AUG 2021
... Northleaf managing director and head of business development Jeff Pentland said the manager is thrilled to have O'Connor on board. "Chris brings expertise in both relationship building and consultative fundraising, enhancing our capabilities to provide ...