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Stake offers $0 ASX brokerage

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 31 JAN 2022
Investment platform Stake will offer its users $0 brokerage on ASX trades, but only if they refer other users. For each person a customer refers, their brokerage drops by $1 for one year. With brokerage currently at $3, three referrals can get customers ...

American Century introduces small-cap fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JAN 2022
American Century has launched a global small-cap fund targeting Australian wholesale investors. The American Century Global Small Cap Fund is actively managed, investing in companies operating in developed and emerging countries. It tracks the MSCI ...

Super funds lambasted over nuclear holdings

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 9 DEC 2021
New research from the Australia Institute and Quit Nukes shows most major Australian superannuation funds still have holdings in nuclear weapons. Nearly one year since the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) came into force (January ...

Carlyle Group bids for Link

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 5 NOV 2021
Carlyle Asia Partners has made a takeover offer for 100% of Link Group, valuing it at $5.38 per share - a significant premium. Carlyle Group's offer is made up of $3 per share cash offer for Link Group and a pro rata distribution of Link Group's shareholding ...

Netwealth proposes merger with Praemium

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 2 NOV 2021
Early this morning Netwealth made an unsolicited bid of $785 million to merge with Praemium, but the latter has rejected the move. Netwealth offered one new share for every 11.96 Praemium shares plus a cash consideration following the net proceeds from ...

Link vows to fight class action

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 SEP 2021
Link Group vowed that it will "vigorously defend" its subsidiary against a class action involving the failed Woodford Equity Income Fund. UK law firm Leigh Day kicked off proceedings against Link Fund Solutions on September 27 on behalf of 100 WEIF ...

Aussies confident about retirement spending: Study

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 28 SEP 2021
Amid the uncertainties of COVID-19, Australians are far more confident about their retirement than global counterparts, a new study shows. Most retired Australians said that they would have retired at the same age even if they had known about the events ...

CBRE Global Investors announces rebrand

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 23 SEP 2021
The US$129 billion global real asset investment firm has changed its name and unified all global sub-brands. CBRE Global Investors is now CBRE Investment Management and includes the rebrand of CBRE Caledon Capital Management, CBRE Clarion Securities ...

Common ownership concerns redundant: AustralianSuper

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 20 SEP 2021
The $225 billion industry fund's outgoing chief executive Ian Silk is adamant the fund will never engage actively in common ownership, while also hinting at plans to bring more investing in-house. Appearing at a Standing Committee on Economics hearing ...

Stake sets $3 brokerage for ASX-listed stocks

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 13 SEP 2021
Stake, best known for its $0 brokerage on 6000 American stocks and ETFs, will now offer ASX-listed stocks and ETFs for a $3 brokerage fee. The four-year-old firm is currently running the ASX brokerage in beta test version during which the brokerage ...