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L1 Capital joint MD takes leave of absence

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2024
... a fund update, L1's ASX-listed Long Short Fund (LSF), which predominantly invests in Australian and New Zealand securities and up to 30% in global shares, returned 8.1% in the month of March, outpacing the index's 3.3%. Fifteen stocks contributed ...

Income AM bolsters sales function

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2024
ASX-listed bond broking firm Income Asset Management has hired a team of fixed income specialists from rival FIIG Securities. The six recruits will report to IAM's head of sales for capital markets Jenna Labib. The appointments come one year after ...

Citi scores $13bn custody, admin mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2024
Citi Securities Services added an ASX-listed investment manager and advice group to its client book. Citi is now custodian, fund administration and registry services provider for Fiducian Group, having completed the migration of over 1300 assets, thousands ...

Court rejects Provide Capital's 'illogical' application

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2024
... application that alleged ASIC did not have the state of mind required to conduct an investigation under the Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001 (ASIC Act). Justice Rofe found that the firm's argument was "illogical and therefore ...

Charter Hall acquires stake in hotel REIT

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2024
... security. "The group continues to remain debt free and will use part of these proceeds to continue to purchase the group's securities. The group has the capacity to purchase a further 40.3 million TGP securities from the buybacks approved by TGP securityholders ...

CSLR kicks off, 2k await compensation

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2024
... credit intermediaries, such as mortgage brokers, credit providers, such as lenders, financial advisers, and general securities dealers, or stock exchange organisations. The maximum compensation amount is $150,000. One major criticism of the CSLR is that ...

ASIC wins greenwashing case against Vanguard

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2024
... range of industries, including those in fossil fuels, but has since admitted that a "significant proportion" of the securities in the index and fund were from issuers that were not researched or screened against the relevant ESG criteria. According to ...

Director facing $13k fine in first of its kind action from ASIC

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2024
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has commenced the first prosecution action against a director for failing to comply with the obligation to have a director identification number (director ID). ASIC did not name the director ...

ANZ to pay $57.5m to settle class action

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2024
... court approval. The class action alleged that ANZ's credit card contracts were unfair and contravened the Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act by charging interest between July 2010 and January 2019 on credit card purchases that should ...

ASIC's harsh words to directors: 'It's not meant to be easy'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2024
Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) chair Joe Longo has had enough of company directors complaining about keeping up with their obligations. In a speech to the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) Australian Governance ...