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AXA equities executive departs

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2019
AXA Investment Managers' head of Framlington Equities for Asia left the business at end of May, the manager confirmed. Mark Tinker moved to Hong Kong in September 2013 to lead the expansion of the Framlington Equities franchise in Asia, where he ...

Keybridge shareholder threatens board spill

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUL 2019
A shareholder of Keybridge Capital says its board is "effectively deadlocked" on key decisions, and is asking all directors to voluntarily resign and put themselves up for re-election by shareholders. Bentley Capital owns about 20% of Keybridge Capital ...

First State Super, VicSuper merger talks progress

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUL 2019
First State Super and VicSuper have now signed a Binding Heads of Agreement to merge, with leadership roles and a 2020 deadline confirmed. In an update, the funds said a successful merger would see the creation of a $120 billion fund serving more than ...

Aussie income fund added to platforms

KRISTI CHENG  |  MONDAY, 22 JUL 2019
A global infrastructure manager has announced its Infrastructure Income Fund is now available on a wide suite of retail investment platforms. The RARE Infrastructure fund is now on eight retail investment platforms, with BT Wrap being the latest addition. ...

Cooper Investors launches equities fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 22 JUL 2019
The $13.5 billion Melbourne equities boutique has launched its first fund in five years, after running the strategy internally for over two years with a 16% plus annualised gross return. Cooper Investors said its new Global Endowment Fund will hold ...

CommSec fixes faulty statements

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2019
CommSec has identified issues in statements it sent to customers holding exchange traded options through its platform and is fixing them. CommSec made the first batch of changes to ETO statements in October last year and has a pipeline of future work ...

Portfolio manager caught out faking returns

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2019
A portfolio manager artificially inflated a fund's returns and collected a large bonus on the back of it, the US corporate regulator alleged. New Jersey-based portfolio manager and trader Swapnil Rege was employed by a company referred to as Fund Adviser ...

Mercer unveils best-performing Aussie equity funds

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2019
Mercer has named the top-performing Australian equities funds for the 2019 financial year. Mercer's latest Investment Survey found Martin Currie's Australia Real Income strategy delivered 18.8% in the year to June 2019. BlackRock Equitised Long ...

CPA, CAANZ designations approved

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2019
Chartered accountants and CPAs will now be able to claim credits for prior learning towards meeting the FASEA education standards for financial advisers. The Financial Adviser Standard and Ethics Authority will approve one credit for advisers who have ...

HUB24 launches white label SMA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2019
HUB24 has partnered with a fund manager with more than $2 billion in assets under a managed account structure to launch a new SMA solution. Elston Asset Management, a subsidiary of financial services firm Elston, has launched a private label SMA on ...