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BNP Paribas launches Aussie equities trust

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2018
... Paribas Asset Management has launched a new benchmark-insensitive Australian equities trust that will aim to beat the S&P/ASX 300 accumulation index by 6% per annum, over rolling five-year periods. With JCP Investment Partners appointed as investment ...

Boutique manager to launch LIC

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2018
... transport and logistics and service providers. The IPO general offer closes on September 26 and the LIC is expected to list on the ASX on October 12 under the ticker code TGF. It is priced at $2.50 per share for up to 100 million shares, with room for ...

Custodians oversee heightened domestic equity trades

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2018
... reforms aimed at growing our funds management sector and streamlining operations. An additional focus is the replacement of the ASX equities settlement platform CHESS. "The replacement of CHESS is a significant initiative by the ASX, and fundamentally ...

WAM Capital announces LIC takeover bid

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2018
... "underperformed" since inception. WAM Capital made a conditional off-market takeover bid for Wealth Defender Equities Limited (ASX: WDE) overnight for a price of $0.996 per share. This represents a 15% premium based on WDE's one-month volume-weighted ...

Morgan Stanley amends false independence claims

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2018
... was caught by ASIC for falsely claiming it was independent. According to the regulator, Morgan Stanley made a claim in an ASX announcement released by Praemium in June that its services included an independent advice offering. However, MSWMA accepts ...

Morrison drops financial services portfolio

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2018
... Treasury and Finance, assisting both Frydenberg and continuing Minister for Finance and the Public Service, Mathias Cormann. The ASX 200 rose following the spill on Friday, having trended downwards all week; by 1.05pm it was up 0.33% from the previous ...

Scott Morrison becomes Prime Minister, markets react

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2018
... Morrison will be Australia's next Prime Minister, after he beat Peter Dutton 45-40 in a Liberal Party leadership ballot. The ASX 200 jumped on the news, after trending downwards since Monday. It hit its highest at 1.05pm, when it was up 0.33% from ...

Boutique fund house backs zinc project

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2018
A $2.4 billion boutique fund manager was the cornerstone investor in a recent placement conducted by an ASX-listed resources company. Tribeca Investment Partners committed $1.5 million to Perth-based Superior Lake Resources' Superior Lake Project in ...

BetaShares wins insto allocation

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2018
... in the BetaShares Australia 200 ETF. This one investment took funds under management in the BetaShares Australia 200 ETF (ASX:A200) from about $40 million to about $154 million. BetaShares distribution co-heads Vinnie Wadhera and Peter Harper had been ...

Charter Hall acquires $1.6bn property fund manager

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2018
Australian property giant Charter Hall plans to pay $205 million in cash to acquire a fellow ASX-listed property fund manager with $1.6 billion under management. Charter Hall, a group which manages $23 billion, has announced plans to acquire Folkestone ...