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Derivatives issuer cops $75m penalty

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2020
The Federal Court has imposed a $75 million penalty on OTC derivative issuer AGM Markets and former authorised representatives OT Markets and Ozifin. AGM was ordered to pay $35 million, while OTM and Ozfin have each been ordered to pay $20 million. ...

Evans Dixon to rebrand

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2020
Evans Dixon plans to rebrand and remove 'Dixon' from its name after former chief Alan Dixon severed all ties with the ASX-listed firm. Subject to shareholder approval, Evans Dixon will rebrand to E&P Financial Group and change its ticker code ...

Adelaide fund manager adds to board

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2020
An Adelaide fund manager has added a former federal treasury analyst to its board. Kellie Stocker has joined the Angas Securities board as a non-executive director. Stocker has previously worked a legal and economic consultant in the federal treasury ...

Microcap manipulators caught out

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020
A ring of microcap share manipulators have had their assets frozen by the Securities and Exchange Commission after procuring US$9 million in illegal profits by defrauding retail investors. The SEC alleged in a complaint that between 2013 and 2017 Ongkaruck ...

Women receive worse advice: Study

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2020
Financial advisers tend to give female clients poorer advice and recommend riskier assets compared to male clients, a new study shows. Women are significantly more likely to receive undiversified financial advice than men, researchers from the Hong ...

Investors will be forced into equities: DeepData Analytics

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2020
Retail investors will be forced further into investing in equities as the hunt for yield continues, despite having felt the hard lessons from this year's market volatility, according to founder and chief executive of DeepData Analytics Mathan Somasundaram. ...

Robinhood effect steers share market

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020
The perfect storm of government stimulus and a new breed of retail traders with little investing know-how are resuscitating the share market, but for how long? According to Julia Lee, founder and chief investment officer of Burman Invest, numerous factors ...

Advisers more bearish than clients

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2020
This year is the first time financial advisers have been less optimistic than retail investors, with advisers only anticipating capital gains of 1.3% over the next 12 months from local shares. That's according to the latest data from Investment Trends ...

Evans & Partners explore open-ended funds

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2020
Evans and Partners have announced a potential change to open-ended funds for its Global Disruption Fund and its Global Flagship Fund. Walsh & Company Investments, as responsible entity for both funds, said it is exploring changing both funds from a ...

Retail investors surpass one million

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2020
The retail investor population has surged 41% since the beginning of the year, with now more than one million punters trying to profit from recent market volatility. In Investment Trends 2020 1H Online Investing Report, the research house found the ...