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UK fund manager eyes Australia

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2020
A UK investment manager with about US$500 million in assets is entering the Australian and New Zealand markets, enlisting 3PD as its distribution partner. Marylebone Partners will introduce its absolute-return and long-short global equity strategies ...

CBA opens Amsterdam office, eyes European instos

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2020
Armed with a new licence, the Commonwealth Bank is making a play for European institutional investors by establishing a new office in the Netherlands. The newly licensed Dutch subsidiary, Commonwealth Bank of Australia (Europe) N.V., is scheduled to ...

AllianceBernstein Australia eyes ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2020
The US manager is readying its well-performing $1.2 billion AB Managed Volatility Equities fund for an active ETF debut early next year. The Roy Maslen-managed fund has delivered 9.38% p.a. over five years and -1.59% in the last 12 months. It is was ...

Council of Financial Regulators monitors ASX, cybersecurity

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2020
Australia's financial regulators are keeping a watchful eye on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) after its operational outage recently and have endorsed a plan for cybersecurity. The Council of Financial Regulators, consisting of APRA, ASIC ...

RC recommendations closer to legislation

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2020
... with conflicts of interest. IOOF's complicated structure and poor governance over it, which has been under the watchful eye of APRA since 2016, was laid bare at the hearings. Under the new law, insurance-claims handling will now be under the umbrella ...

US manager eyes Australia

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2020
A fund distribution business co-founded by Schroders' former head of institutional sales has signed on a US-based global equities manager looking to tap into the Australian market. Axius Partners will distribute Polen Capital's high-conviction global ...

GSFM sizes up ETFs with Munro launch

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2020
The Sydney multi-boutique is dipping its toes into active ETFs, with the first being a long/short fund from Munro Global Partners. The Munro Global Growth Fund (Hedge Fund) started trading on the ASX today with the ticker MAET. The active ETF will invest ...

Lion Global partners with local distributor

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2020
Singapore-based Lion Global Investors has appointed a newly-established local distribution firm to help expand its Asian private equity strategy. Strathnaver Capital, which was set up by Richard Borysiewicz 10 months ago, will assist the asset manager ...

Westpac settles two class actions

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2020
Westpac has agreed to settle two separate class actions relating to anti-money laundering breaches and rate rigging initiated in the US for undisclosed amounts. The bank settled the action filed by Rosen Law Firm relating to its failure to monitor financial ...

Frontier Advisors eyes international clients

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2020
The asset consultant is looking for overseas clients, and hopes Aussie platforms will make it easier to work with local emerging institutional clients. Frontier Advisors is the second-largest asset consultant in the not-for-profit superannuation funds. ...