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Frontier Advisors tops asset consultant ranking

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 17 APR 2023
According to the Peter Lee Associates survey of Australian institutional investors, Frontier has kept its place as the top asset consultant in the country. The Peter Lee Associates survey collected opinions from around 100 chief investment officers ...

Pinnacle distribution director in new role

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2023
Pinnacle Investment Management's director, distribution has departed to join a venture capital firm. Chris Brookman has been appointed head of distribution at Tidal Ventures (Tidal), a seed-focused venture capital firm. Brookman joins from Pinnacle ...

Startup founder charged for defrauding JPMorgan

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2023
The founder of JPMorgan's ill-fated student financial aid solution has been formally charged with fraud by the US regulator over the company's sale, while a criminal investigation is also underway. In September 2021, JPMorgan Chase paid US$175 million ...

Hostplus cuts Choiceplus fees

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2023
The super fund is reducing fees on its direct investment option for members, effective this month. The Choiceplus option enables members to invest in the shares in the S&P/ASX 300, a range of ETFs and listed investment companies (LICs) and term deposits. ...

Linchpin, Endeavour directors found guilty

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 4 APR 2023
The Federal Court has determined that four current and former directors of the now defunct Linchpin Capital Group and Endeavour Securities breached their duties and didn't serve investors' best interests. The court found that, between 2015 and ...

Blackstone limits withdrawals on $103bn real estate fund

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 4 APR 2023
The investment manager has limited redemption requests from its $103 billion (US$70 billion) real estate income trust following a rise in redemption requests in March. During a month of "tremendous market volatility" and "broad-based financial stress," ...

Last chance to nominate: MAX Awards

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAR 2023
Nominations for the annual Financial Standard MAX Awards close tomorrow. The MAX (Marketing, Advertising and Sales Excellence) Awards recognise leading individuals, teams and organisations in the Australian financial services industry who have achieved ...

US regulator sues crypto giant, chief executive

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAR 2023
Binance and its chief executive Changpeng Zhao have been charged by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) following claims of "willful evasion of US law." The CFTC announced it filed a civil enforcement action in the US District Court against ...

Former director hit with dishonesty charges

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAR 2023
ASIC has charged a former Reiwa-Capital director Russell Sandiford with dishonest conduct related to a financial product or service. Following an ASIC investigation into Sandiford and his company, Reiwa-Capital, the regulator alleged he obtained $459,489.70 ...

Super funds are lousy at communications: Strategist

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2023
Marketing strategist Toby Ralph says super funds must overhaul their member communications, as the days of arranging cohorts by demographic are long gone. Addressing the crowd at the Conference of Major Superannuation Funds (CMSF) in Melbourne, Ralph ...