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Zenith defends LICs/LITs

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020
Zenith Investment Partners maintains that there is still merit in listed investment companies and trusts, despite volatile market conditions exacerbating their propensity to trade away from their underlying value. Zenith head of real assets and listed ...

HESTA adds to operations team

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020
HESTA has appointed a former Morgan Stanley vice president, set to develop the industry super fund's investment data capabilities. Feroz Jordan has nabbed the role as general manager of investment data and systems in HESTA's operations team, effective ...

A-REIT winners, losers of the 'new normal'

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2020
Both structural and cyclical headwinds threaten to impact Australia's real estate investment trust sector, with clear winners and losers emerging as the country gradually reopens. That's according to Pengana Capital Group portfolio manager Amy Pham ...

Aussie financial firms struggle to manage risk: Study

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2020
Australian financial firms are struggling to keep up with the pace of technological change, with two thirds of executives revealing that risks are emerging more rapidly than ever before. More than 70 Australian senior risk executives from the major ...

Iress opens retail capital raise

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2020
Financial services software company Iress has opened up a capital raise for eligible shareholders, as it moves to raise a further $20 million to help partly fund its proposed acquisition of OneVue. It comes following the completion of the company's ...

CBA coughs up $5m over RC case study

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2020
ASIC has trumped the Commonwealth Bank for failures in its AgriAdvantage Plus Package, with the Federal Court of Australia ordering the bank to cough up a $5 million penalty. On Friday, the Court found that the bank had breached the ASIC Act and Corporations ...

Government announces fresh crackdowns on foreign investments

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has announced a major crackdown on foreign investment in Australia, including new overriding "last resort powers" which will allow him to force foreign divestment in exceptional cases. The reforms to the country's foreign ...

WAM responds to Keybridge claims

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020
Wilson Asset Management has responded to allegations by Keybridge Capital, noting the investment manager has already failed twice in previous attempts to obtain orders of this kind. WAM Active said it was seeking appropriate legal advice and would respond ...

Global ETF leaders push for reform

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020
The world's largest exchange traded product issuers have partnered to petition for classification reform, in a move which BlackRock head of iShares Australasia Christian Obrist said would help to improve transparency for investors. In a proposal to ...

Volatility is not the devil: Pengana

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2020
Volatility, despite its stomach turning swings, should not be feared; instead investors should take time to understand it to take advantage of the opportunities it presents. That's according to Pengana Capital Group executive director and manager for ...