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New chair of CPA Australia

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2020
... president for three years and currently has a number of other directorships. She is on the board of CareSuper, Melbourne Water Corporation and the RACV as well as TarraWarra Museum of Art. "Merran has considerable expertise in corporate governance, finance ...

Mawhinney lashes out at regulator

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2020
Mayfair 101 founder James Mawhinney has accused ASIC of a witch hunt, saying a provisional liquidators' report proves M101 Nominees had no "smoking gun" - but the report actually refers to the company's business model as unsustainable. A provisional ...

Watermark LIC seeks restructure

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2020
A Watermark-managed LIC is proposing to convert to an unlisted managed fund, as a group of investors seek to replace Geoff Wilson and John Abernethy on its board. The Australian Leaders Fund (ASX: ALF) will seek court and shareholder approval to convert ...

Responsible lending laws to be revoked

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2020
The government has announced a raft of reforms to reduce barriers to Australia's credit framework as a means to boost the economy. The reforms will remove the responsible lending obligations from the National Consumer Credit Protection Act 2009 aiming ...

Boutique appoints chief operating officer

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2020
Watermark Funds Management's chief operating officer has left for a similar role at another boutique. Tim Bolger is joining Alium Capital Management as its chief investment officer. Alium runs two strategies: a market neutral fund and public-to-private ...

Watermark sheds market neutral fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2020
The Sydney boutique is handing over its $36 million market neutral fund to another manager, as it looks to focus on its long/short strategies. The Watermark Market Neutral Trust, which has been running for eight years, will transition to Dalton Street ...

Chief economist update: China's post-pandemic economy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2020
... proved that the coronavirus could be conquered. So much so that its death sparked a post-pandemic pool party Wuhan Maya Beach Water Park that went viral on August 17. Yes, Virginia, "payback" might not be the right word (or just lost in translation) ...

Tom Waterhouse now a fund manager

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2020
The horse racing scion is touting a managed fund that invests in gambling companies to wholesale investors. Waterhouse VCs gambling takes long-term stakes in listed and unlisted businesses related to gambling, focusing on three themes: dominant scale ...

Mainstream expands private equity offering

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2020
Mainstream Fund Services has expanded its private equity services in the Asia-Pacific region. Mainstream said it brought its US private equity solution to Asia-Pacific, to allow general partners to benefit from one complete system for accounting, CRM ...

Labor says yes, economists say no to SG rise

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2020
... Ministers said the current government is trying to destroy the superannuation system. "Superannuation is a bit like a bath. The water in the bath is savings. So the government has taken the plug out of the bath - we've already lost $40 billion," Keating ...