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VGI Partners' dual pitch to investors

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2019
... an existing listed investment company and $75 million to list its wider business. VGI Partners Global Investments Limited (ASX: VG1) completed a $98 million placement to sophisticated investors and will soon open a $202 million entitlement offer that ...

How to be a board director

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2019
The 30% Club and EY have joined forces to research what it takes to be considered for an ASX 200 board position. Last year, 185 non-executive directors were appointed to ASX 200 boards with 113 of those experiencing their first board appointment. EY ...

EQT names local head of fund services

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2019
... as the company-wide chief risk officer and led the project for listing of a major listed investment trust structure on the ASX. Executive general manager of corporate and trustee services and global head of fund services Harvey Kalman said Beasley has ...

Chief economist update: Countdown to T-day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2019
... start of 2019; the Euro Stoxx-50 is up 11.6%; the FTSE-100 is 7.1% higher; the Nikkei-225's 6.9% in the black; the S&P/ASX 200 index is still 11.8% on the up; and China's CSE 300 index remains close to a bull market - up 19.6% - in spite of the ...

Boutique appoints portfolio manager

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2019
... Australia. The Vertium equity income fund has returned 2.77% (including distribution and growth) since inception compared to S&P/ASX 300 Accumulation Index's 6.98%. The fund's volatility has been 5.25% compared to benchmark's 9.39%. Vertium ...

Colonial First State awards $170m mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2019
... pleased to be recognised for its strong, stable outperformance and unique investment approach," he said. AREITs, which are ASX-listed portfolios of property assets, account for $143 billion of the exchange's total market capitalisation through 47 products ...

Chief economist update: The tweet that reignited the trade war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2019
... closing in the red, led by a 5.8% drop in China's CSE 300 index with all others in-between caught in the crossfire. The S&P/ASX 200 index closed 0.9% and the Nikkei-225 index gave up only 0.2% - but the accompanying yen appreciation (due to safe-haven ...

QIC eyes internet infrastructure company

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2019
The $85 billion manager made an indicative proposal to acquire an ASX-listed internet infrastructure company. Superloop granted QIC an exclusive due diligence period of three weeks starting April 28, after receiving an indicative offer on April 2 for ...

Bravura raises $165m for GBST bid

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2019
... basis), or with any combination of these," Bravura said in company filings. One of the opportunities Bravura is eyeing is its ASX-listed competitor GBST Holdings, which provides administration services to life insurers, stock brokers, wealth management ...

What will super funds get from the ASX CHESS replacement?

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2019
As the ASX ticks along in switching from its legacy settlement service to a blockchain based solution, how will Australia's $2.8 trillion pool of superannuation assets benefit? That's a question ASX chief executive Dominic Stevens addressed ...