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JANA appoints new director of client development

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2024
JANA Investment Advisers has announced the appointment of Habib Chebli as director, client development. Chebli will be based in Melbourne and will be responsible for relationships with wholesale and institutional clients. He will be focused on enhancing ...

Macquarie Bank to pay $10m for unauthorised fee transactions

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 22 APR 2024
The Federal Court has ordered Macquarie Bank to pay a penalty of $10 million for failing to have effective controls to prevent and detect unauthorised fee transactions conducted by third parties, such as financial advisers, on customer cash management ...

Bitcoin halving won't bring immediate price rise

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 22 APR 2024
The Bitcoin halving event - which occurred over the weekend - has seen optimism around the cryptocurrency rise, but major price increases may take some time to shine through. The halving event is coded to occur every 210,000 blocks and halves the reward ...

Bell Asset Management announces new chief executive

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 16 APR 2024
Bell Asset Management (BAM) has announced its new chief executive after commencing the search back in January. Michael Lovett will join BAM as chief executive, effective April 15. He was most recently head of superannuation at Vanguard, where he spearheaded ...

ASIC chief executive to depart

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 16 APR 2024
The chief executive of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) will be leaving the regulator, effective June 1. ASIC chair Joe Longo accepted a request from the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions (CDPP) for ASIC chief executive ...

Superhero introduces $2 brokerage

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2024
The trading platform today introduced a new pricing structure that charges investors $2 on all ASX trades for up to $20,000. Trades more than $20,000 incur a 0.01% brokerage fee. Superhero chief executive and co-founder John Winters credits the revised ...

Janus Henderson tailors fund to NZ investors

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2024
Janus Henderson is making its Global Multi-Strategy Fund available to institutional investors in New Zealand. The fund, which targets a positive absolute return regardless of the market environment, will be New Zealand (NZD) denominated to help protect ...

Government introduces company merger overhaul

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2024
Australia's merger rules will be reformed in a bid to boost competition and productivity in the economy. Treasurer Jim Chalmers and assistant minister for competition, charities, and treasury Andrew Leigh jointly stated that mergers will be approved ...

Life insurers struggle with code compliance

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2024
... claims handling and communication timeframes to improve customer satisfaction and meet community expectations," LCCC chair Jan McClelland said. The potential under-reporting of breaches and complaints by some life insurers was another area of concern. ...

Regal shutters East Point AM

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2024
One year since post-acquisition, Regal Partners has shuttered East Point Asset Management (EPAM) following a period of "challenging performance" and the exit of a seed investor. Regal acquired the Hong Kong-based alternative fund manager last year. ...