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AMP defies super fund herd with Bitcoin bet

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 17 DEC 2024
... there's evidence "people are ascribing value to cryptocurrencies in the same way." The second part of the rationale is that Visa and Mastercard, two of the world's largest 20 companies, process payments, which is a "ridiculously huge market," ...

ASIC hits Melbourne adviser with travel ban

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUL 2024
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has secured a travel restraint order against Melbourne-based adviser Barry King. The orders prevent King from leaving or attempting to leave Australia until 1 April 2025. They were made by ...

Canned 'golden visas' ruffle fund managers

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2024
... managers' business models as the industry hopes the government will unveil another iteration of the Significant Investor Visa (SIV) that have attracted massive inflows from rich investors. The federal government canned the Business Innovation and ...

Clime completes Madison Financial sale

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2024
Clime Investment Management has completed the sale of Madison Financial Group after entering a strategic partnership with Infocus Wealth Management. The parties previously entered a full form binding sale deed to implement the sale and strategic partnership ...

NovaPort Capital team calls it a day

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAY 2024
... in steady decline since December 2020. The NovaPort Microcap Fund is a complying investment for the Significant Investor Visa (SIV) program and expects to meet the SIV requirements as of its wind-down, Fidante added.

Fund managers nervously await 'golden visa' reforms

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2024
... migration system. Recently, Home Affairs minister Clare O'Neill froze the ability of fund managers' Significant Investor Visa-compliant (SIV) products, which require a minimum investment of $5 million and essentially fast track residency in Australia ...

Evolution of investment operations spurs new recruitment trends

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2024
With demand for experienced investment operations talent outstripping supply, local employers are increasingly looking offshore for candidates with end-to-end skillsets. It's also impacting salaries. According to insights from Kaizen Recruitment, investment ...

VanEck failed to disclose influencer's role in ETF launch: SEC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2024
... posts and other alternative datasets." The stocks currently include Tesla, Netflix, Amazon, Starbucks, Nike, Goldman Sachs, Visa Inc, Spotify, and ServiceNow, among others. According to the SEC, VanEck was aware Buzz Holdings, the company behind the ...

More outflows for Platinum

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 JAN 2024
... newly named chief executive Jeff Peters officially started his new role on January 8 following the approval of his working visa that will allow him to migrate from the US to Australia. The fund manager announced in December that Peters will replace Andrew ...

Platinum names new chief executive, restructures board

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2023
... an Australian firm offering institutional investors impact investing solutions. He will assume his new role as soon as a visa is granted and this date will be communicated to the market at that time, Platinum's board said. "Global investment markets ...