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Amish community scammed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2020
... services to Amish and Mennonite communities and developed his own investment scheme; pooling money raised selling promissory notes to community members. The scheme saw Riehl raise approximately US$60 million over nearly a decade. According to the complaint ...

US firm makes second bid for Aussie fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2020
... relation to its intention to make the proposal saying some investors have expressed a desire to accept. "The announcement notes that investors representing an aggregate of 16.7% of AOF units have indicated their support for the intended offer by entering ...

The ingredients of a successful fund manager

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2020
... value only up to a certain point. "Although a positive connection between team size and outperformance is apparent, Zenith notes that it does not appear to be a linear relationship. Rather, the law of diminishing returns applies, meaning an additional ...

Job boom expected in 2020

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2020
... probably noticed how some recruiters use digital technology to search LinkedIn profiles, as exemplified by those LinkedIn notes that say you appeared in so many searches this week." Humphris said there needs to be a better balance by wealth management ...

Shareholder activism on the rise

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2020
... last year in Japan. European activism decreased overall during 2019, driven by 10 fewer campaigns in the UK. The report notes that activity expanded across France, Germany and Switzerland. Activists continue to have a strong influence on boards, with ...

SGE extension could hurt small entities: FSC

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2020
... extension will see a tax regime designed to apply to large multinational businesses apply to SME investment firms, which it notes is not consistent with the government's "broader economic agenda". Currently, significant global entities are defined as ...

FASEA responds to concerns

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2019
... reiterated that the code does not seek to ban any particular forms of remuneration. 3. Can you be paid referral fees? "Standard 7 notes, unless expressly permitted by the Corporations Act, the adviser may not receive any benefits in connection with acting ...

Chief economist update: Oil's well that ends 2019 well

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 DEC 2019
... kb/d (kilo barrels per day) to 2.1 mb/d. However, in its latest Oil Market Report, the International Energy Agency (IEA) notes that: "If all the countries comply with their new allocations and Saudi Arabia delivers the rest of its voluntary cut of 0.4 ...

ASIC takes action against TAL over RC case

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 17 DEC 2019
... it was revealed TAL was referring to medical treatment the customer had received for depression. According to case study notes in the second volume of the Commission's final report, the customer failed to disclose her prior history with the mental ...

ACCC immunity deal questioned by court

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2019
... questioned the immunity deal, saying the statements provided have been compromised as the JPMorgan executives were shown notes about the ANZ sale by the investigators at the ACCC. Presiding magistrate Jennifer Giles labelled the prosecution's case as ...