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ASX appoints former ASIC chair to lead advisory group

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 3 AUG 2023
... for advising the ASX's clearing and settlement boards during their efforts to rectify the CHESS replacement debacle. The ASX said members of its advisory group will include senior leaders who will bring valuable perspectives from issuers and investors ...

Iress adds new operations, customer service leaders

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 AUG 2023
... leads for its Australia and New Zealand wealth businesses who will oversee client services and operations respectively. The ASX-listed firm named Amara Haqqani as its chief operating officer for wealth in Australia and New Zealand, joining several new ...

IML launches Aussie shares fund as active ETF

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 1 AUG 2023
The IML Concentrated Australian Share Fund (Quoted Managed Fund) is now available on the ASX as an active ETF, catering to financial advisers and retail investors. The fund manager explained its Quoted Managed Fund represents a distinct class of units ...

Review forces ASX to fix intra-group conflicts

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 31 JUL 2023
Another review from the fallout of the bungled CHESS replacement saga will force the ASX to implement 13 recommendations to manage conflicts of interest among its subsidiaries. The review, conducted by Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF), found prevalence ...

New boutique hires EQT as RE

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 31 JUL 2023
... fund, the Small Cap Quality Fund, will launch in September, and invests in smaller Australian companies and tracks the S&P/ASX Small Ordinaries Accumulation Index. The boutique is headed by Jarred Rubin as chief executive and managing director and chief ...

Insurance firms defy inflationary shocks

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUL 2023
... 42% to $4.95 billion in 2022, largely dictated by higher premiums. Fidelity International is benefitting from its holding in ASX-listed general insurer Suncorp, according to head of investments for Australasia Paul Taylor. "Within financial services ...

ASIC sues Vanguard for greenwash in bond fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUL 2023
... it requested a trading halt on VEFI on 15 February 2021. The halt was lifted on 16 February 2021, after Vanguard issued an ASX announcement for the ETF and a unit holder notice (for the funds) to inform investors that a PDS update to better reflect the ...

UniSuper rides tech tailwinds to strong returns

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUL 2023
... far from stretched," Pearce said. In terms of the poor performers among the stocks UniSuper has more than $1 billion in, the ASX was the worst of the bunch with its return of -19% driven by the CHESS replacement disaster. "The replacement of the CHESS ...

Monochrome files for first Bitcoin ETF in Australia

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUL 2023
... Asset Management, via its responsible entity Vasco Trustees, has lodged an updated application for its Bitcoin ETF with the ASX. The Monochrome Bitcoin ETF (IBTC) will be an exchange-traded fund that will offer retail investors direct and regulated exposure ...

ASIC to host CHESS replacement roundtable

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 17 JUL 2023
... invited to attend the roundtable, drawn from different stakeholder sectors and fields of expertise. Longo said it is vital that ASX gets its stakeholder engagement on the CHESS replacement right. "Ultimately all parties, including ASX, will need to be ...