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NZ firm hires 10 analysts in Australian expansion

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2020
A New Zealand investment bank with expansion plans in Australia has revealed a "heavyweight" line-up of investment professionals joining its equities research team. Jarden announced it would be expanding into the Australian market in May of this year ...

Aussies want to invest super in property: Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2020
Around half of Australians think property is the most secure and profitable long-term investment, compared with shares, gold, cash and fixed interest, according to new research. The survey found that 41% of Australians would invest their superannuation ...

ETF Securities chief exits

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2020
... products listed on the ASX. About $2.1 billion (or two thirds) of its total assets are from just one fund, the ETFS Physical Gold (ASX: GOLD). At June end, it was the sixth-largest ETF issuer locally and had grown its total assets by 99% in the 12 months. ...

Manipulative trading at J.P. Morgan costs it over $1bn

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2020
... trading desk in New York, London and Singapore engaged in a scheme to buy and sell precious metals futures contracts, including gold, silver, platinum and palladium. Between March 2008 and August 2016, traders placed tens of thousands of orders to buy ...

Goldman Sachs appoints Australian chair

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2020
Christian Johnston will become the new chair of Goldman Sachs in Australia and New Zealand. According to an internal memo, Johnston will be focussed on deepening and strengthening the investment bank's relationships in Australia and New Zealand. "He ...

Morningstar ratings tally for global equities

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2020
... Both Dimensional funds moved up as Morningstar's new methodology put a greater focus on fees. Six funds moved from silver to gold: Platinum Asia, Robeco Emerging Conservative Equity AUD, Stewart Investors W Worldwide Leaders, Stewart Investors W Worldwide ...

CSIRO contractor in crypto scam

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2020
A CSIRO contractor has been sentenced over fraudulent behaviour after he used the organisation's servers and supercomputers to carry out cryptocurrency mining. He was caught out after the CSIRO noticed serious impairment of its computing infrastructure ...

New ETF set to debut on ASX

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2020
... COVID environment. "Star's current market capitalisation of just $2.5 billion means investors are getting the Sydney and Gold Coast casinos for a steal, and this is what value investors call a big margin of safety," he said. "The company's share price ...

Melbourne boutique raising $70m for new fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2020
An impact investing boutique owned by a family office and led by a former JBWere executive is raising $70 million for a new fund. Impact Investment Group's latest fund, the Impact Alternatives Fund, is targeting 6% to 10% per year in returns (before ...

The fundies of tomorrow

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2020
The next wave of fund managers is ready to leave their textbooks behind and start investing with real money. And star stockpickers of today are offering their help to an interuniversity group. Traditionally, students undertaking a commerce or business ...