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Macquarie to pay $2m following ASIC probe

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 22 MAY 2017
ASIC accepted an enforceable undertaking from Macquarie, which includes a community benefit payment of $2 million, following the regulator's investigation into the bank's wholesale foreign exchange business. ASIC determined that on multiple occasions ...

Perennial micro-cap fund gets Lonsec tick

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 22 MAY 2017
Lonsec gave Perennial's new micro-cap trust a "Recommended" rating. The Perennial Microcap Opportunities Trust aims to outperform the S&P/ASX Small Ordinaries Accumulation Index after fees over rolling three-year periods by investing in 30 to 70 listed ...

GSFM hires Macquarie exec

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2017
Grant Samuel Funds Management has appointed a new compliance officer. Stuart Osborne joins GSFM from Macquarie, where he held multiple positions since 2002, including compliance and op risk executive, credit analyst, operational risk manager, and associate ...

Second private equity firm joins battle for Fairfax

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2017
In the battle for Fairfax Media, a new US-based bidder has entered the fray. Hellman & Friedman (H&F), established in 1984 by Lehman Brothers and Salomon Brothers executives Warren Hellman and Tully Friedman and with about $50 billion in assets under ...

Crowe Horwath managing partner to depart for government role

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2017
A managing partner at Findex-owned Crowe Horwath will leave the firm to become the Auditor-General for the Queensland Government. Brendan Worrall, currently Crowe Horwath's managing partner for audit and assurance for the Australian and New Zealand ...

Aussie hedge fund eyes US expansion

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2017
An award-winning Australian hedge fund manager is setting up shop in the US with a Manhattan office and new local and international hires. NWQ Capital Management, based in Perth and led by managing partners Jonathan Horton and Stuart McClure, has appointed ...

Liquidnet acquires global tech firm

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAY 2017
Institutional dark pool network Liquidnet is preparing for changes to European Union markets regulation through the acquisition of a global provider of equity analytics. OTAS Technologies, established in 2011, currently provides equity market analytics ...

Macron won't stop populist tide: William Blair

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAY 2017
Emmanuel Macron's election as French President won't be enough to stem the tide of populist sentiment in Europe and its effects on European markets, according to William Blair dynamic allocation strategies portfolio manager Thomas Clarke. Speaking at ...

SSGA ramps tech exposure post-Trump

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAY 2017
The first 100 days of the Trump administration have seen State Street Global Advisors double its exposure to US technology companies in its Global Equity Fund, even if said exposure still trails the cap-weighted index. SSGA global active quantitative ...

SIV Asset Management slams bill claim

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2017
SIV Asset Management is currently investigating legal options with regards to a $324,000 bill received from a former subsidiary. Aurora Funds Management, which was sold by SIV in early 2015 and later bought by Keybridge Capital - who then sold it just ...