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Company director jailed after mishandling funds

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2016
... position as a director of Global Rule and was remanded in custody. Global Rule operated an unregistered managed investment scheme on the Gold Coast, with investment made available through scheme providers in Queensland and New South Wales. Golden Rule ...

Fed Court winds up unregistered investment scheme

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2016
The Federal Court has wound up 21st Century land banking companies and declared the land banking developments were unmanaged investment schemes. The court also disqualified the operators of 21st Century land banking companies, Jamie and Dennis McIntyre ...

Equititrust CEO remains permanently banned

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2016
... the Equititrust Priority Class Income Fund (EPCIF). Equititrust was also the trustee of unregistered managed investment scheme Equititrust Premium Fund (EPF). An ASIC delegate found that while director of Equititrust, McIvor broke financial services ...

Bisan buys stake in RE, launches PE fund

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2016
Bisan has acquired a 40% equity interest in a responsible entity for three managed investment schemes and launched a private equity fund. The asset manager purchased the stake in Endeavour Securities for $600,000 from Linchpin Capital; following completion ...

Deloitte partner moves to Trustee Partners

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2016
Former Deloitte partner and #FSPower50 member Stephen Huppert has joined the newly-formed Trustee Partners as head of innovation. Huppert joins a team of seasoned industry professionals including Trustee Partners' co-founder and managing director Phillip ...

Inappropriate advice drives disputes

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2016
... More than half (55%) of the managed investment disputes involved a financial adviser and 18% involved a managed investment scheme operator or fund manager. Disputes about superannuation made up over one quarter (28%) of investment and advice disputes. ...

Contango appoints compliance officer

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2016
Contango Asset Management has appointed a new compliance and legal officer. Skye Radley joins the manager from Equity Trustees, where she worked in legal, risk management and compliance roles for three years. Prior to that, she was a solicitor with ...

New trustee launches managed investment schemes

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2016
A newly formed corporate trustee and responsible entity services provider is launching two retail managed investment schemes in partnership with Arminius Capital Management. Sydney-based Evolution Trustees is partnering with the Brisbane-based investment ...

Is gold on the ceiling for Australian investors?

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2016
... to Australian physical gold bars through its partnership with ABC Bullion. The fund is a diversified managed investment scheme and Rachcoff said "as gold skeptics we make no apologies." "And that's a big call coming from equities people. We have a meaningful ...

Super platform goes for gold

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2016
... in an SMSF should they wish to own and invest in physical gold. The Cor Capital Fund - a diversified managed investment scheme with an allocation to physical gold bars through ABC Bullion - is now placed on Yellow Brick Road's platform brightday Complete ...