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CFA hopefuls at record high

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2019
More than 250,000 candidates are seeking a chartered financial analyst (CFA) credential this year, which the CFA Institute says is a record high. The number of candidates appearing for Level I, II or III exams are up 11% over the last year. CFA Institute ...

Hostplus makes bid for SMSF money

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2019
... inflows." Hostplus will review its lineup of SMSF options periodically and may add more of its options to the Self-Managed Invest (SMI) menu, but at the time is seeing the most demand for the six options. Watson said the fund does not have a set goal ...

Industry veterans recognised

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2019
A number of financial services industry veterans were recognised in the Queen's Birthday Honours list this weekend. The 2019 Queen's Birthday Honours included investment professionals, financial advisers, banking professionals and superannuation ...

Former Futuro adviser charged with theft

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2019
A former Futuro adviser is facing up to 15 years behind bars following allegations he stole $179,600 from a deceased estate of which he was executor. Robert Pryor Smith appeared in the Adelaide Magistrate's Court charged with 27 dishonesty offences ...

Court throws out Aurora fund takeover bid

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2019
Aurora Funds Management yesterday won court orders against Primary Securities which tried to topple it as the responsible entity for a listed fund in a rogue shareholder meeting on January 15. In January, activist investor Tim Staermose and Primary ...

Wealth firm backs new Perennial fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2019
Morgan Stanley Wealth Management will invest $25 million in a new fund from Perennial's small and micro caps team. The Perennial Private to Public Opportunities Fund will hold 30-45 investments in pre-IPOs, IPOs and unlisted growth capital. There ...

Chief economist update: Glass half-full or US recession on the way?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2019
"It is a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma..." Sir Winston Leonard Churchill may be describing Russia's intentions and interests when he made this now famous quote back in 1939 (before he became UK Prime Minister 1940-1945) but Churchill's ...

Boutique hires distribution lead from AMP Capital

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2019
A boutique Australian equity fund manager has hired a former AMP Capital executive as its investment director to oversee its distribution efforts. Ophir Asset Management recruited George Chirakis as investment director to replace Rob Saunders, who finished ...

IFM buys North American pipeline operator

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2019
IFM Investors is set to acquire a North American pipeline operator via its global infrastructure fund, adding to its assets in the region. IFM entered a definitive agreement to acquire all outstanding public common units of NYSE-listed Buckeye Partners ...

OneVue, Mainstream automate cross-platform transfers

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2019
OneVue and Mainstream Group have partnered with Calastone to help financial advisers seamlessly move assets from one platform to another. The process enables the transfer of beneficial ownership of securities from different custodians without having ...