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Iress invests in blockchain

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 7 JAN 2020
... in turn bringing about better industry and investor outcomes." BC Gateways was founded in 2017. Its platform assists Australian financial institutions to share pricing, tax and regulatory data across investment management value chains.

ACSI, AFIC respond to Westpac scandal

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 26 NOV 2019
... public trust." Speaking to Financial Standard last week, before Hartzer stepped down, Australian Foundation Investment Company managing director Mark Freeman expressed disappointment. "The issues that have come out of Westpac have been very disappointing," ...

Antares portfolio manager moves to LIC

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2019
... builder fund. He left in July, after more than 14 years with the company. He is joining the Australian Foundation Investment Company, which is among the largest LICs in the country and had market cap of $7.7 billion at the end of September. McNeill joins ...

Ophir goes global

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2019
... mid-cap market has so many more quality businesses that meet our selection criteria. Historically, our success in the Australian listed market has been built on finding, at an early stage, those few, rare, needles in the haystack that could continue ...

Australian Ethical chief executive to depart

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2019
The managing director and chief executive of Australian Ethical is stepping down after nine years in the role. Phil Vernon joined Australian Ethical from Perpetual in 2009 and has overseen substantial growth of the Australian Ethical superannuation ...

New board directors at Future Generation

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAR 2019
... Ascham School Council, the Centennial Park and Moore Park Trust, a director at Our Watch and an ambassador for the Australian Indigenous Education Foundation.

Franking changes feared by shareholders

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2019
... investment company fear Labor's proposed franking credit changes will hit them hard. The Australian Foundation Investment Company said a survey of its shareholders reveals they expect to be heavily affected by the changes to imputation credits, with ...

SMSF darlings revealed

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2019
... corporate debt. This was followed by Argo Investments (ASX:ARG), WAM Capital (ASX:WAM), Australian Foundation Investment Company (AFIC) and Magellan Global Trust (ASX: MGG).

Family office backs new boutique

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2019
... growth relative to developed marked will drive return and attract capital to the region over longer term. And that Australian investors are currently underweight in their asset allocations to Asia (ex-Japan) equities. "We are therefore delighted to be ...

LICs defy franking credit refund changes

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2019
... two listed investment companies are rewarding shareholders with special dividends. The Australian Foundation Investment Company (AFIC) and Mirrabooka announced they will pay special dividends fully franked of eight cents and 10 cents per share respectively. ...