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LIT delisting simplifies Forager: CIO

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2024
... chief investment officer is urging investors to vote in favour of delisting a troubled listed investment trust (LIT) in a bid to simplify the business. Chief investment officer Steve Johnson wrote to investors that if the Forager Australian Shares Fund ...

ATO targets crypto investors, sharing economy

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2024
... crypto-asset earned via staking or airdrops, the amount reported as income will be the cost base for calculating CGT. In a bid to search for elusive investors, Chapman said the ATO is collecting bulk records from Australian cryptocurrency designated ...

AMP executive pay packet shrinks amid simplification

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2024
... major change from this strategy," she said. Next year, AMP Bank will launch a new digital small business banking offering in a bid to address funding constraints and diversify the revenue and customer base. At the AGM, shareholders approved adopting ...

$53bn added to ETF market over 12 months

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2024
... quarter. "Australian investors have steadily been lifting their exposure to international equity ETFs listed on the ASX in a bid to capture the strong returns we've seen on offshore markets," Vanguard head of ETF capital markets, Asia Pacific Adam ...

Government introduces company merger overhaul

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2024
Australia's merger rules will be reformed in a bid to boost competition and productivity in the economy. Treasurer Jim Chalmers and assistant minister for competition, charities, and treasury Andrew Leigh jointly stated that mergers will be approved ...

Monochrome makes play to become a spot Bitcoin ETF in Australia

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2024
Monochrome Asset Management has moved its bid for a spot Bitcoin ETF to Cboe from the ASX. The investment manager said Cboe is at the forefront of financial innovation, especially trade execution, which perfectly aligns with its ambition to expand its ...

Financial Conduct Authority cracks down on finfluencers, firms

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2024
... decisions. The FCA defines a finfluencer as someone who is "promoting the services of a firm on a social media platform in a bid to acquire more views and attention for their content" and are "directly compensated by the social media platform for the ...

WAM Leaders, QV Equities to merge

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2024
... six weeks on from the former's initial announcement. In January, WAM Leaders said it intended to make an off-market takeover bid for QV Equities; associated entities already own close to 16%. It was expected to involve exchanging one WAM Leaders share ...

Alex Dunnin bids farewell to Rainmaker

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2024
After 26 years, Rainmaker Information's co-founder and Financial Standard 's resident superannuation guru is going back to school - kind of. Today marks Rainmaker executive director, research Alex Dunnin's final day with the business, retiring from ...

Iress share price jumps on takeover rumours

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2024
Iress saw its share price skyrocket 15% as speculation swirled that a global private equity firm is keen on a buyout. An article in the AFR claiming US private equity investor Thoma Bravo is eyeing Iress sent investors into a tailspin, bumping up the ...