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Hunter Hall receives surprise new takeover bid

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2017
... destined for success, a new player has entered the race for Hunter Hall. Following Hunter Hall founder and chief executive Peter Hall's shock resignation in December, and his sale of 19.9% in the company for $1 per share to WHSP, Hall made it clear he ...

Wilson calls for Hunter Hall exit

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2017
... opportunity should arise "following the disappointing events commencing late December 2016" - referring specifically to Peter Hall's shock resignation. Wilson said following WAM's gradual investment in HHV from July 2013 onwards, he sought to assist ...

Hunter Hall ethical mantle in doubt as CIO resigns

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 3 JAN 2017
... Company (WHSP), which has a majority interest in ASX-listed coal business New Hope Group, was sold 19.9% of Hunter Hall by Peter Hall, who announced his resignation on December 30. Hall will continue on as chief investment officer for six months as per ...

ASIC cracks down on "independent" AFSLs

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2016
... consumers and investors and may sway their decisions about their investments or their choice of adviser," said ASIC deputy chair Peter Kell. "Consumers must not be misled into believing that an adviser is independent and free from influence by commissions ...

Senate to investigate white-collar crime

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2015
... strengthen the system. The Senate voted yesterday in favour of a Greens motion to establish the inquiry. Greens Senator Peter Whish-Wilson said that "the current system of white-collar crime penalties in Australia is not providing the deterrence we need ...

Future Generation IPO raises $300m

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2015
... chairman and University of Sydney chancellor Belinda Hutchinson said. Among the fund's first investors were the Smith Family, Peter Scanlon's Scanlon Foundation, the KordaMentha Partners consortium led by Mark Korda and David Winterbottom, and QBE Insurance ...

Labor now opposes advice Royal Commission

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2015
... renewed calls from Greens senators for a Royal Commission into financial advice and financial institutions. Greens Senator Peter Whish-Wilson filed a notice of motion on Tuesday calling on the government "to establish a Royal Commission into misconduct ...

Big end of town to face Senate over bad advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2015
... systemic problem with financial planning and that banks have obviously not been doing the right thing," he said. Greens Senator Peter Whish-Wilson said that the hearing is "not just to name and shame" bank executives. "It is a way of raising the profile ...

FEATURE: How boutiques got their groove back

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2015
... and 193rd on the list respectively with an estimated combined net worth of more than $3.5 billion. Boutique fund managers Peter Cooper and David Paradice and Investors Mutual founder Anton Tagliaferro also feature. But with so many success stories it's ...

NAB to face Senate grilling over advice scandal

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2015
... will put the information together and we will put the appropriate authorities to investigate," he said. Greens' Senator Peter Whish-Wilson agreed that "it has taken whistleblowers and leaked documents on all occasions for these things to come up." He ...