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Priestley resigns from ASX, Future Fund boards

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2018
J.P. Morgan Australia non-executive chairman Robert Priestley has resigned from the boards of the Australian Securities Exchange and the Future Fund following the ACCC pursuing a criminal cartel conduct investigation. Announcing his decision, Priestley ...

ASX on the lookout for new CFO

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 18 JUN 2018
A search is underway for a new chief financial officer at the Australian Securities Exchange after the market operator announced the retirement of its long-term CFO. Ramy Aziz' eight-year tenure as the ASX chief financial officer will come to an end ...

ASX invests in e-property settlements business

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2018
The Australian Securities Exchange is backing a newly-formed electronic property settlements company as it eyes the $200 million industry. The exchange operator will invest $30 million in Sympli Australia for a 50% stake. The other half of Sympli will ...

Former Macquarie equities team launches boutique

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2018
... Conviction Fund, which held $9 million at April end, will invest in a concentrated portfolio of about 25 Australian securities. Top performance contributors in April included NZ building products company Fletcher Building. The open-ended, trust structure ...

Spaceship beefs up senior management

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2018
... manager, Kildea will lead the fund's internal compliance team. The appointments come about a month after the Australian Securities and Investments Commission slapped Spaceship and trustee Tidswell Financial Services with infringement notices. Spaceship's ...

BlackRock confirms iShares delisting timetable

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2018
... products from the ASX in about a month. On May 3, BlackRock said it was pulling five iShares products from the Australian Securities Exchange and re- domiciling 14 from US to Australia to cut taxes for investors. The scrapped iShares ETFs were indexed ...

ASIC tightens grip on ICO issuers

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2018
... identify material that could mislead or deceive investors, and has already identified non-compliant offers. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission is sending enquiries to ICO issuers and their advisers whose conduct or statements may be ...

ASIC deregisters 117 SMSF auditors

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2018
... further serious consequences for the fund and the auditor," the ASIC statement said.? In November 2017, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission sent out final warnings to 404 approved SMSF auditors who had not filed annual statements. About ...

ASX gives timeline for CHESS replacement

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2018
The Australian Securities Exchange has given an arrival date for its much-anticipated trade clearing and settlement system that will replace the older CHESS system. The new distributed ledger technology (DLT) will start clearing trades for the ASX about ...

CFSGAM prepares IPO, names board candidates

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2018
... Colonial First State Global Asset Management will work towards an initial public offering and listing on the Australian Securities Exchange following a strategic review from its parent bank. Commonwealth Bank announced this afternoon it had completed ...