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Royal Commission to suppress bank stocks

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2019
Fund managers are warning investors not to expect the major banks to trade at the premium they've been accustomed to. And the financial services Royal Commission's final report, due today, will play its part. The major banks have experienced ...

Former JPMAM executive joins boutique advice group

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2019
The former head of institutional at J.P. Morgan Asset Management Australia has opted for a tree change, relocating to regional New South Wales for a new role with a boutique AFSL. Stephen Alcorn has joined privately-owned Profile Financial Services ...

HNWs to embrace alternatives in 2019: Fund manager

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2019
A boutique investment firm plans to allocate much of the $175 million it raised in 2018 to alternatives, anticipating family offices and private wealth advisers will increasingly do the same. Spire Capital raised $175 million in aggregate for three ...

Yarra Capital adds to investment team

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2019
The boutique has hired an AustralianSuper analyst after it took over the management of UBS's Australian equities funds last year. Olivia Dalton started at Yarra Capital Management two weeks ago. She will cover industrial stocks, working alongside ...

Industry fund appoints chair

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2019
A $2.5 billion industry fund has appointed a new chair as the incumbent retires after 19 years on the board. AvSuper has elected Ben Firkins to chair its board of trustees, starting February 1. He replaces George Fishlock who announced his retirement ...

DomaCom partners with big four bank

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2019
A big four bank will pilot fractional property investing with DomaCom. The investment platform said it had partnered with an unnamed big four bank, who is set to launch a six-month pilot for fractional investment with the firm. According to DomaCom ...

ASIC terminates managed accounts provider AFSL

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2019
ASIC has cancelled the AFSL of managed accounts provider Jade Capital Partners and banned one of its directors. An ASIC investigation of Sydney-based Jade Capital, a managed discretionary account provider specialising in trading services and advice ...

Chief economist update: La vita is no longer e bella

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2019
"When the moon hits your eye, like a big pizza pie, that's amore..." But Italians may not be in the mood for "amore", not when their economy - the third biggest in the Eurozone - is officially in a technical recession. La vita is no longer e bella! ...

IPO activity to slow down

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2019
IPO activity in the coming six months could slow down after 2018's floats disappointed with their share prices at year end, according to HLB Mann Judd. Initial Public Offerings raised $8.4 billion in 2018 - more than double of the capital raised ...

Challenger boutique appoints chief operating officer

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2019
A $10.5 billion boutique in Challenger's multi-affiliate investment arm has appointed a chief operating officer. Tracy Kellett is joining fixed income manager Ardea Investment Management as its first chief operating officer. Kellett is well known ...