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CBA appoints chief economist

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2020
Commonwealth Bank has appointed a new chief economist, set to take on the new role in addition to his responsibilities as the bank's head of global economic and markets research. Stephen Halmarick nabbed the new role this week, having been with ...

Mayfair 101 accused of misleading advertising

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 6 APR 2020
ASIC is taking Mayfair 101 to court alleging that the investment manager misled consumers in its advertising. At issue is Mayfair's use of Google Ad Words and Bing Ads as well as claims Mayfair made that ASIC says were false, misleading or deceptive. ...

OneVue marks territory on Sargon sale proceeds

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 6 APR 2020
OneVue is asserting its right to receive payments from the ongoing sale of Sargon's trustee businesses after a recent creditors' meeting. EY is currently running the sales process for the assets of eight Sargon subsidiaries which house its trustee ...

Charterhill founder incarcerated

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 6 APR 2020
The founder of Charterhill Group, which collapsed in 2014, has been sentenced to 10 years imprisonment, and will serve at least six of these behind bars. Charterhill Group, run by George Nowak, provided a "one stop shop" for SMSF clients; providing ...

Count Financial bolsters leadership team

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 6 APR 2020
The former head of compliance and professional standards at IOOF has joined the leadership team of Count Financial. Phil Creswell joins Count Financial as its new head of professional standards from April 14. Creswell previously worked with Countplus ...

Property manager, sovereign wealth fund enter JV

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 6 APR 2020
A $33.8 billion Australian property manager has acquired a 50% stake in a Collins Street skyscraper, forking out $644 million as part of a joint venture with a sovereign wealth fund. Dexus announced the establishment of a new joint venture with GIC ...

Melbourne fund tightens redemptions amid COVID-19

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020
A Melbourne boutique has moved its real estate and infrastructure fund from daily redemptions to monthly, citing COVID-19 volatility and drawdown. Newgate Capital Partners wrote to investors on Wednesday, informing them of the changes in the Newgate ...

Asset devaluation continues

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020
Another industry super fund has reduced the value of its unlisted assets as the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic worsen. Hostplus has devalued assets within its property and infrastructure portfolios by a range of 7.5%-10% depending on the individual ...

Chief economist update: Oil gush

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020
If financial markets are going to time the beginning of the end - that is, when equity markets started their slippery slide into where we are now, it'll be 9 March 2020. That was the day the music died. Sure, equity markets were already sliding ...

Not buy time yet: Lonsec

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
Lonsec's chief investment officer says valuations look way cheaper than a month ago, but he's not hitting buy just yet for its $600 million managed accounts asset pool. Lonsec's managed accounts have about $600 million in assets under management and ...