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Caddick's husband chases payday

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2022
The former hairdresser husband of missing, presumed deceased, fraudster Melissa Caddick is continuing to pursue a stake of the wealth Caddick dishonestly amassed - despite ASIC attempting to claw back funds for victims. Anthony Koletti has been married ...

Australia's first-ever Bitcoin ETF to launch next week

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2022
Australia's first bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) is expected to list on the Cboe Australia platform as soon as next week. The race to be the first physically backed Bitcoin ETF in Australia will be between Cosmos Asset Management and ETF Securities. ...

Real unemployment far higher than ABS claims: Roy Morgan

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2022
While Australia's unemployment rate has fallen to its lowest level since the pandemic began, there are still millions who remain unemployed or under-employed. Unemployment and under-employment are rife, with the latest Roy Morgan findings showing that ...

Modern Slavery Act needs strengthening: Panel

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2022
Australia's Modern Slavery Act is under review for impact and effectiveness, and investors have a role to play in both potentially strengthening the statutory obligations as well as impacting on an issue that is getting worse globally. A panel of ...

Mayfair sues Mission Beach lender

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2022
Mayfair 101 and its founder James Mawhinney are now suing the financier that allowed the company to purchase property in Mission Beach. Mayfair 101 obtained bridging finance, to purchase the Mission Beach property, from Napla between late 2019 and early ...

VFMC,CFA Societies combine to attract more women into investing

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2022
Victorian Funds Management Corporation (VFMC) and CFA Societies Australia have joined Future IM/Pact - an industry campaign building a pipeline of future female investors. The new partners join as Future IM/Pact expands into the early career segment ...

BT Funds Management fined $20m

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2022
BT Funds Management has been handed a $20 million fine by the Federal Court for continuing to charge commission payments to superannuation members for seven years after they were banned. BT Funds Management charged insurance premiums that included commissions ...

Colonial First State settles super class action for $56.3m

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2022
Colonial First State has settled a class action brought on behalf of approximately 100,000 super fund members who were allegedly rorted on fees. The class action alleged that CFS deliberately delayed transferring super fund members to the cheaper MySuper ...

Equity Trustees wins Hejaz mandate

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2022
Hejaz Asset Management has appointed Equity Trustees as responsible entity of three new Sharia-compliant funds. The three funds are the Hejaz Equity Fund, the Hejaz Property Fund and the Hejaz Income Fund. The Equity Fund aims to match the returns of ...

Morningstar bets on active fund managers

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2022
As market sell-offs continue to pummel ASX-listed active fund managers, Morningstar is betting big that Pendal, Magellan, Pinnacle and Platinum will deliver past the short-term noise. The fund mangers' "compounding potential" for larger assets under ...