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Athene, Apollo stake in Challenger approved

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 6 DEC 2021
... billion of assets under management. Together, they are currently in the process of acquiring a majority stake in US-based Aqua Finance, a consumer lending platform, tipped to be worth US$1 billion. Challenger recently divested Accurium, a provider of ...

ASX eyes a bigger slice of fixed income active ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 9 SEP 2021
... change in over five years, the ASX is widening the universe of fixed income strategies it will accept for ETF listings. The AQUA rule changes, which are expected to come into effect on September 22, will allow fixed income managers with holdings in fixed ...

New role for Harvey Kalman

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2021
Former Equity Trustees global head of business development Harvey Kalman has joined a debt and special opportunities investment manager. He joins Arbitrium Capital Partners as non-executive director and chair of its credit risk committee. In July this ...

Realside Financial Group adds to team

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 30 AUG 2021
The private market investment specialist has made three senior appointments following increased momentum across the business. Justin Lal as joined as investment director. He joins from Goldman Sachs where he spent the last eight years. In his new role ...

LIC restructures to ETMF

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUN 2021
... simplest and fairest way forward for our investors was to restructure MA1 into an exchange traded managed fund utilising the ASX AQUA rules," Shields said. "We are the first to do so, as far as I am aware, and I suspect we will not be the last." The ...

ETF Securities shutters funds

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2020
... receive a pro-rata share of the proceeds following the wind up. Units in the fund will be suspended from quotation on the AQUA market on the ASX and removed from trading status. ETF Securities is not the only ETF provider that has closed funds as a result ...

LIC seeks conversion to ETF

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2020
... managed fund (ETFMF) to re-set the market price and close the discount to investors. The conversion is outside of ASX's AQUA rules and will use an open-ended trust structure, subject to shareholder approval. The last time a LIC converted to an ETF ...

Kapstream restructures investment team

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2020
Kapstream Capital has made its head of credit redundant as it aims for a flatter team structure, while also hiring a new credit-focussed portfolio manager. Raymond Lee, who spent nearly a decade at Kapstream and previously managed money for Lachlan ...

Australia's fastest growing investment managers

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2020
A Chicago fund manager tops the list of the 50 fastest-growing investment managers that raise assets from Aussie investors, according to Rainmaker Research. William Blair, whose Sydney office is led by Alexander Rolfe, swelled its FUM from just $7 million ...

Former adviser cops 12 years in jail

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2019
A former Brisbane financial adviser will serve at least six years behind bars, after being found guilty of six charges of dishonestly causing detriment to clients to the tune of $5.9 million. After a three-week trial, former Growth Plus Financial Group ...