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No investment case for alternative meat just yet: Nanuk

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUL 2022
Nanuk Asset Management's chief investment officer Tom King says the growing desire to eat less meat has driven strong category growth for plant-based meat alternatives, but the investment case still isn't there. According to King, the trend of eating ...

Franklin Templeton names new head of Australia

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUL 2022
Felicity Walsh will step into her new role as Franklin Templeton's managing director and head of Australia and New Zealand on August 1. Walsh, currently head of sales, will now be part of the APAC leadership team, supporting co-heads Tariq Ahmad ...

CFA exam results improve

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2022
The CFA Institute has released its latest exam results, with a promising pass rate of 38% for its Level 1 exam. Of the more than 19,000 candidates worldwide who sat the exam in May this year, a total of 7315 passed. These results are a slight improvement ...

Pearler raises $7.8m to continue growth

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2022
The one-year-old retail trading platform has successfully closed a seed funding round led by Portage Ventures, a global fintech investor. Australian venture capital firms Archangel Ventures and Ten13 also participated in the round. The funding will ...

Praemium reports 92% flow increase

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 18 JUL 2022
The investment platform now has $40.5 billion in funds under administration, up 10% on the same time last year. Additionally, Praemium's financial year net inflows were $2.9 billion, up 92% from its prior corresponding period. Unfortunately, gross inflows ...

JANA wins Spirit Super mandate

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 18 JUL 2022
The industry superannuation fund has selected JANA as its new asset consultant. The appointment, which came into effect on July 1, sees JANA replace long-term partner Whitehelm Capita l which was acquired by German manager PATRIZIA last year. Commenting ...

Former adviser sentenced over theft

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 18 JUL 2022
Former Sydney financial adviser Keith Flowers has been sentenced to three years and two months imprisonment, t o be served by way of intensive correction order, and fined $9500. The matter, prosecuted by the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions ...

$150m capital overlay no more for Allianz Australia

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2022
APRA has removed the additional capital overlay it applied to Allianz Australia to address its risk governance weaknesses. Initially, a fine of $250 million was imposed on Allianz in 2019, in response to issues raised in a risk governance self-assessment ...

Lendlease in luxury Circular Quay tower JV

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2022
Lendlease and Mitsubishi Estate Asia have formed a joint venture to acquire the One Circular Quay development from Chinese investment house AWH for $800 million. The payment is in an up front and deferred consideration, with an additional $50 million ...

BlackRock, NAB collaborate on ETF suite

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2022
The partnership will see a range of specially designed iShares ETFs made available on nabtrade alongside educational content for investors. Building on an existing relationship with NAB Private Wealth, the initiative aims to make ETF investing more ...