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Australian Unity fund begins ASX trading

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 20 JUN 2016
The Australian Unity Office Property Fund is expected to begin trading on the Australian Securities Exchange today following a recent vote by investors to list the fund. Investors overwhelmingly voted for the fund's listing at a meeting in Melbourne ...

AMP Capital determined to keep China fund open

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2016
Following the push from activist investor LIM Advisors to wind up the AMP Capital China Growth Fund, AMP Capital has said the majority of unitholders would prefer enhancements to giving the fund the axe. Responding to the recent comments from LIM Advisors ...

Regal FM appoints Macquarie vet

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2016
Regal Funds Management has appointed a new portfolio manager. Craig Collie joins Regal FM from Macquarie Bank, where he was lead healthcare equity analyst. Prior to that, he was a project leader at the Boston Consulting Group and a physician with NSW ...

Charter Hall unveils new REIT

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2016
Charter Hall Group has revealed it is preparing to list a new real estate investment trust on the ASX. The Charter Hall Long WALE REIT will consist of a geographically diverse portfolio of industrial, office and hospitality assets with a total value ...

US mulls borrowing limit on leveraged ETFs

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2016
US financial regulator, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), is considering introducing measures to restrict how much mutual funds can invest in leveraged exchange traded funds (ETFs). The product type gives investors geared exposure to a given ...

Former Equititrust CEO appeal refused

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUN 2016
The Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) has refused an application by former chief executive officer and founding director of Equititrust (in liquidation) to overturn a permanent ban. Mark McIvor applied for an order staying the operation and implementation ...

BetaShares launches model portfolio service for advisers

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2016
BetaShares has launched an asset allocation and ETF model portfolio service for its financial adviser clients. The service comprises a modular set of solutions. The first module is a strategic asset allocation (SAA) based on forward-looking expected ...

Dion Global targets IRESS market share with new platform

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2016
Captial markets fintech Dion Global is attempting to carve out a portion of IRESS's market share with the launch of a new retail trading platform, TCPro. The new system gives retail traders institutional-level capabilities they can't currently access ...

Property funds battle over GMF merger

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2016
... value in the merged group for both investor bases." Centuria has previously said both GMF and CMA have a similar retail investor base and is an important consideration in the transaction.

Australian trust in financial services low

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2016
Only 50% of Australians believe that businesses in the financial services industry will do 'what is right', according to the CFA Society's 2016 global investor survey. The survey, From Trust to Loyalty: A global survey of what investors want, found ...