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Australian Eagle team to join Montgomery IM

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2022
The team at Australian Eagle Asset Management will join Montgomery Investment Management as part of a new partnership next month. The six-person team, led by chief investment officer Sean Sequeira and senior portfolio manager Alan Kwan, will join under ...

Australian Bond Exchange, ANZ pilot settlement platform

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2022
Australian Bond Exchange (ABE) has signed a set of agreements with ANZ to pilot its transaction and settlement process using the New Payment Platform (NPP). The pilot program will enable ABE to test its newly built trading system that automates multiple ...

ASIC issues first DDO stop orders

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2022
Flexing its powers for the first time, ASIC has issued stop orders to three companies over deficiencies in their products' target market determinations. In what marks its first use of its stop order powers under the design and distribution obligations ...

JPMAM bolsters APAC alternatives distribution

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2022
Gary Leung will join J.P. Morgan Asset Management as its new head of retail alternatives, APAC. In his new role, Hong Kong-based Leung will lead the firm's efforts to distribute alternatives solutions to APAC clients, with a focus on high-net-worth ...

Australian investor confidence plummets: CA ANZ

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2022
... to the domestic economy has jumped by 10 % since last year now representing a quarter of investors. Moreover, retail investor confidence in capital markets has tumbled, with those reporting high confidence in both the domestic (39%) and international ...

ETF Securities launches fixed income options

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUL 2022
ETF Securities is expanding its product range with the launch of a US Treasury Bond fund and a USD high-yield corporate bond fund. The new funds are the ETFS US Treasury Bond ETF and ETFS USD High Yield Bond ETF (both currency hedged). ETF Securities ...

Selfwealth announces crypto offering

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 20 JUN 2022
Selfwealth is set to become the first investment platform to offer a direct investment into five cryptocurrencies from June 30. The wealth creation disruptor has partnered with digital currency exchange BTC Markets to offer Bitcoin, Ethereum, Ripple ...

Yarra adds market neutral fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2022
Yarra Capital has assumed management of a Karara Capital market neutral fund, bringing on board its portfolio manager. Yarra has taken over the Karara Market Neutral Plus Fund and rebranded it as the Yarra Market Neutral Fund. In doing so, it has welcomed ...

EQT reveals most popular fund launches

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2022
Equity Trustees has found that the most popular recent fund launches are in global equities, but there is also strong growth in retail and ESG themed funds. The 100 body of research developed by Equity Trustees has shown that 34% of funds brought to ...

Trust in financial services jumps: CFA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2022
While Australian investors are overall less trusting of the financial services industry and financial advisers than global peers, a new survey has found levels of trust to be robust. Data from the CFA Institute Enhancing Investors' Trust study revealed ...