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Alternative investment manager partners with VC firm

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2018
An ASX-listed alternative investment manager has entered into non-binding term sheet with New York-based early stage venture capital firm Scout Ventures for a stake in a proposed US$50 million fund. Auctus Alternative Investments will acquire up to ...

AFIC appoints chair

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2018
Australia's oldest listed investment company is seeing a change of guard in its corporate governance as the current chair retires after 34 years on the board. Terrence Campbell will not seek re-election at the October 9 annual general meeting of the ...

BNP Paribas product lead joins RBC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2018
RBC Investment and Treasury Services recently strengthened its Asia Pacific product team, creating a raft of new roles and recruiting from BNP Paribas Securities Services, BT Financial Group and State Street. RBC has appointed former BNP Paribas Security ...

Federal Court rules partly in favour of DomaCom

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2018
A Federal Court ruling on a potential breach of the Sole Purpose Test has been termed a "milestone" for the SMSF industry, however there are still hurdles to clear before sub-funds are not considered in-house assets or related trusts under the SIS (Superannuation ...

Super fund welcomes industry veteran to trustee board

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2018
State Super has announced the appointment of an industry veteran to the trustee board of SAS Trustee Corporation. Carol Austin has over 30 years experience in the industry. She is currently a non-executive director at HSBC Bank Australia and the Grattan ...

First on the block: CBA to develop blockchain bond

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2018
Australia's biggest bank is set to deliver the world's first blockchain bond, in partnership with the World Bank. Commonwealth Bank (CBA) will deliver the first bond in the world to be created, allocated, transferred and managed using blockchain technology. ...

Magellan funds record $331m profit

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2018
Magellan's funds management business topped last year's profits by 33% as Hamish Douglass' stable of well-performing funds continued to collect performance fees and new investor money. Magellan's funds management business now has $59 ...

Chief economist update: Younger migrants and the elderly keep wages low

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2018
Australians, all, there's now 25 million of us... and counting. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reported that the country's population reached 25 million shortly after 11pm AEST on August 7. According to the report, population has ...

Fees for no service remediation passes $250 million

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2018
Financial institutions outside the big four banks and AMP have been integrated into ASIC's fees for no service remediation programs, with total provisions likely to exceed $850 million. Updating the financial services industry and consumers on its oversight ...

IOOF continues organic growth trajectory

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2018
IOOF is celebrating record financial results, driven largely by its financial advice and platforms businesses and the execution of multiple acquisitions as recent as June. IOOF reported a record underlying profit after tax of $191.4 million for FY18 ...