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WAM pushes for HHY closure

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2018
... Management wants to shutter the underperforming Hastings High Yield Fund (HHY) amid the controversy surrounding Aurora Funds Management, which acts as its responsible entity. WAM is setting in motion a general meeting to urge HHY shareholders to vote ...

Aurora takes acquisition bid to Federal Court

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2018
Aurora Funds Management will take its acquisition bid for Molopo Energy to the Federal Court of Australia after the Takeovers Panel decided to put the brakes on the transaction. Aurora has applied for a judicial review of the panel's decision, which ...

Aussie asset manager cops ASIC intervention

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2018
... corporate governance of the firm after the misappropriation of investors' funds by a former employee. Aurora Funds Management is now required by ASIC to engage an independent expert approved by the corporate regulator by June 30. The expert must review ...

Aurora reshuffles compliance team

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUN 2018
After the departure of two external members of its compliance committee, Aurora Funds Management appointed replacements with immediate effect. Anthony Hartnell joins the committee while also serving as Aurora's non-executive chair. He was previously ...

Molopo board ousted at AGM

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2018
Keybridge Capital and Aurora Funds Management scored a win at the Molopo Energy AGM with a board spill that saw its two nominees elected as non-executive directors. Keybridge's nominee, William Johnson, had previously been noted by Molopo as being ...

Molopo restrained ahead of AGM

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAY 2018
The Takeovers Panel has ruled that, as per an application for an interim order by Aurora Funds Management, Molopo Energy will be unable to make any payment or incurring any liability of more than $175,000. Both Aurora and Keybridge Capital are substantial ...

Nick Bolton back on ASIC radar

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2018
... is] the father of Nicholas Bolton." The Australian Style Group's representative on Keybridge's board is Aurora Funds Management managing director John Patton, who purchased Aurora from Keybridge in June 2016 for $1.8 million. ASIC's new investigation ...

Geoff Wilson appointed to 8IP board

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2018
... Trustees in a three-decade long leadership career. The appointments come a day after major 8EC shareholder Aurora Funds Management retracted its call to remove three 8IP directors. Last month, Aurora, which at the time held a 19.88% share in 8IP, petitioned ...

Aurora repays stolen $1 million

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAR 2018
Aurora Funds Management has repaid the $1 million misappropriated from its Buy-Write Income Trust (AUP). The money, which Aurora traced to SIV Asset Management (SAM), formerly known as Aurora Funds Limited, was fully repaid into AUP. In addition, Aurora ...

Aurora calls out 8IP directors

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 19 MAR 2018
Aurora Funds Management is calling for the removal of three directors of Eight Investment Partners' $50 million listed investment company. Owning a 19.99% share in 8 Emerging Companies, Aurora is the largest shareholder in the LIC and said it called ...