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Suncorp ditches plans for Tower acquisition

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 7 NOV 2017
... halting its High Court appeal against the New Zealand Commerce Commission's decision to veto the move. In a statement to the ASX this morning, Vero announced it received notice of termination from Tower of the Scheme Implementation Agreement it entered ...

Fintech firm launches $7.5m IPO

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 7 NOV 2017
A fintech business offering a commission-free flat-fee ASX brokerage service has opened its initial public offering, aiming to raise up to $7.5 million. SelfWealth (ASX:SWF) will issue 37.5 million shares at 20c per share and anticipates market capitalisation ...

Changed RBA rate expectations?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2017
... current softly, softly approach to monetary policy normalisation. But what wasn't expected (at least, I didn't) was the S&P/ASX 200 index's surged to more than two-year highs last week. The index closed 0.5% higher last Friday, up 1.0% on the week, 5.5% ...

Diversification trumping growth: Schroders

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 3 NOV 2017
... conditions" was now their main goal. This is ahead of generating income, protecting capital, maximising net returns and beating the ASX 200. Despite this, the majority of respondents said increased market returns were more likely than decreased returns ...

Centrepoint names interim chief executive

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 3 NOV 2017
... Cargakis was southern regional manager at Professional Investment Services and national sales manager at Navigator. In an ASX statement, Centrepoint chair Alan Fisher commented on Cargakis' suitability for the interim role, given her 13-year history ...

Students to manage university fund

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2017
... fund future student scholarships. Launched earlier this week, the Student Investment Fund will invest in socially responsible ASX-listed companies and its fund managers (students) will be overseen by a dedicated investment committee made up of university ...

Pinnacle boutique launches $250m LIC offer

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 OCT 2017
... Companies Limited (SEC), which will invest in a portfolio of small and micro-cap companies and aims to outperform the S&P/ASX Small Ordinaries Index on a rolling three-to-five-year basis. As a reference, the Spheria Australian Smaller Companies Fund ...

Netwealth lodges prospectus for IPO

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 OCT 2017
Netwealth is set to list on the ASX from November 20 with market capitalisation expected to be at $879.2 million. The investment platform provider today filed a prospectus with ASIC offering 71.3 million shares at $3.70 per share, expecting to raise ...

XTB expands retail offering, launches responsible SMA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 OCT 2017
ASX-traded corporate bond provider XTB is broadening its product range and launching a responsible investment separately managed account product before year's end. Co-founder and chief executive Richard Murphy said the new range will likely include ...

CBA chair defends executive bonuses

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2017
... adding that they were all met. The bank failed to disclose it was aware of any breaches as early as 2015, but only alerted the ASX on August 4. Chair David Coleman pressed Livingstone on why CBA's board was more concerned about AUSTRAC launching the ...