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Morningstar restructures investment team

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2022
Morningstar Australia has announced a restructuring of its manager selection and portfolio management team, bidding farewell to its longstanding director of manager research. The financial services firm said its manager selection sector, which previously ...

ASIC hands out more interim stop orders

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2022
In a bid to protect retail investors from funds that may not be suitable for their financial objectives, situation or needs, the corporate regulator has placed interim stop orders on both Australian Fiduciaries Limited (AFL) and APS Savings Limited ...

Goldman Sachs charged over ESG failures

JAMIE WILLIAMSON, RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2022
Goldman Sachs Asset Management is paying US$4 million to settle charges brought by the US regulator over failures involving ESG research used to select investments. It comes as the US government reverses limitations placed on some pension funds in relation ...

Forrests invest in post-war, green Ukraine

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2022
Andrew and Nicola Forrest's investment firm has committed nearly $750 million to a fund dedicated to rebuilding post-war Ukraine's infrastructure with green and digital assets. Forrest and President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced the investment ...

Experts weigh in on Brookfield bid for Origin

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2022
... for a second time this year to approve a proposal to privatise an electricity provider, as Brookfield and MidOcean Energy bid to take over Origin Energy. Brookfield and MidOcean, an LNG company formed and managed by EIG, have proposed to buy Origin Energy ...

Perpetual knocks back second takeover offer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2022
Perpetual has rejected a second unsolicited takeover bid by the consortium led by Regal Partners. Regal Partners and BPEA Private Equity Fund VIII subsidiary Morello Pte. provided an improved proposal to acquire 100% of Perpetual for $33 a share last ...

Perpetual rejects takeover bid by consortium

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2022
Perpetual has rejected an unsolicited takeover proposal from Regal Partners and BPEA Private Equity Fund VIII. According to an ASX announcement, the non-binding indicative proposal was to acquire 100% of Perpetual at $30 a share. Perpetual said the ...

Mayfair 101 bids for High Court appeal

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2022
Mayfair 101's James Mawhinney has filed for special leave to appeal to the High Court, claiming ASIC being given the chance to have its case against him reheard is further denial of procedural fairness. Last month, the Full Federal Court overturned ...

Cboe Australia bolsters sales team

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2022
James Giarratano has been appointed to the role of senior director, head of institutional sales, taking the place of Murrough O'Brien, who has been promoted to APAC head of sales, BIDS trading. Giarratano brings almost 20 years of algorithmic and ...

Cboe Australia appoints engagement lead

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2022
Senior financial markets and exchange executive Benjamin Phillips has been appointed to the role of director, market engagement at Cboe Australia. Phillips brings over 20 years' experience across equities, derivatives, capital markets, energy and clearing ...