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Shipton's tax bill under scrutiny

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2020
... in regards to the remuneration of ASIC chair James Shipton and former deputy chair Daniel Crennan. At the parliamentary joint committee on corporations and financial services, chair of the committee Senator James Paterson asked auditor general Grant ...

Poor progress on human rights revealed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2020
... assessing 230 of the world's largest companies. Following last year's benchmark report, 95 of those companies were targeted by a joint statement from 176 investors for scoring zero on all human rights due diligence indicators. Of those 95, 79 still scored ...

Audit inquiry overlooks vertical integration

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2020
... made 10 recommendations on how the quality of audits in Australia can be improved. Some of the issues the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services delved into included looking at potential conflicts of interests that arise ...

Pengana launches new Israel equities fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2020
... exchange. The fund's capacity is $500 million. Early interest has been from family offices and high-end advisory groups. The joint venture means Alpha and Pengana will share the fees. The fund came about after Pillemer met one of Alpha's partners, Sagi ...

Clime chief executive steps down

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2020
... The search for Bristow's replacement has commenced and Clime director Brett Spork and chair Neil Schafer will take on joint acting chief executives. In addition, Clime director John Abernethy will take on Bristow's responsibilities of providing ...

Off-platform assets consume advisers' time

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2020
... many express frustration with the lack of solutions available that can house all of their clients' assets. According to joint research by Praemium and Investment Trends, more than half (59%) of the 211 advisers surveyed administer a portion of client ...

Ares readies second credit fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2020
Ares's joint venture with Fidante Partners will launch a second credit fund later this year. The Ares Diversified Credit Fund will use an open-ended structure, similar to Revolution Asset Management's last private debt fund. It will invest in ...

Tasmania remains best performing state: CommSec

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2020
... South Australia is second ranked on relative population growth and third on relative unemployment, while Queensland is in joint sixth position on the performance rankings with Western Australia and the Northern Territory. CommSec chief economist Craig ...

Aussie asset managers fourth-fastest in global growth

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2020
... last five years, says a new report from Willis Towers Watson. Willis Towers Watson's Thinking Ahead Institute published a joint study of the world's 500 largest managers based on 2019 assets with Pensions & Investments. US names (BlackRock, Vanguard ...

Man arrested over investment scam

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2020
... Commission has culminated in an arrest over a suspected investment scam. The 42-year-old Melbourne man was arrested following a joint investigation by ASIC and Victoria Police E-Crime Squad which found more than 40 false business names registered to ...