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ASIC calls on NAB to improve disclosure

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUL 2017
An investigation by ASIC has forced NAB Group advice licensees to make corrective disclosures to customers. The corporate regulator found that NAB's dealer groups failed to disclose relationships between advisers, licensees, and other members of the ...

ASIC bans former Avestra directors

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2017
Former directors of Avestra Asset Management have been banned from providing financial services for 10 years. Paul Rowles and Clayton Dempsey were found by the Federal Court to have engaged in multiple contraventions of the Corporations Act. These included ...

Investment manager appoints head of machine learning

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 APR 2017
... several years. The Man Group benefits from its innovative collaboration with the University of Oxford, the Oxford-Man Institute (OMI), which focuses on cutting-edge research into machine learning techniques and data analytics.

Value investors facing short-term headwinds

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAR 2017
Value investors are facing a number of challenges in the short-term, particularly during reporting season where they have to be more discerning about the quality of earnings reported. Perennial Value Management managing director John Murray said stocks ...

New BetaShares fund combats investor bias

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2016
BetaShares has launched a new Portfolio Diversifier ETF which excludes the largest 20 shares. The BetaShares Australian Ex-20 Portfolio Diversifier ETF is designed to track an index providing exposure to about 180 listed stocks on the ASX assessed by ...

Disclosure deadlines present super challenge

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2016
Superannuation has recently received plenty of oxygen in the political atmosphere and fund disclosure is yet another bubble quickly rising. As super funds and regulators work towards several disclosure deadlines in 2017, industry representative groups ...

Keybridge hits back at Bentley on ASX

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2016
Keybridge has defended its public criticisms of shareholder Bentley Capital on the ASX. As reported in Financial Standard on July 12, Bentley Capital hit back at Keybridge chair Andrew Moffatt's statements on the ASX. Moffat, whom Bentley is proposing ...

Bentley slams Keybridge response to restructure proposal

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2016
Bentley Capital has criticised Keybridge Capital's explanatory notes about the former's proposal to remove Keybridge's chair and appoint Bentley nominees to the board. On July 7, ahead of Keybridge's July 29 extraordinary general meeting, Keybrige chair ...

EQT makes claim against Diversa

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 20 JUN 2016
Diversa has received notice of a potential claim from Equity Trustees. Following the proposed merger between OneVue and Diversa, EQT has made a claim relating to "actions taken or ommitted to be taken by Diversa" in regards to its administration role ...

Oxford-Man Institute expands into machine learning

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2016
The University of Oxford and Man AHL have announced that the Oxford-Man Institute (OMI) will expand its focus on machine learning and data analytics, becoming part of the University's department of engineering and science from 1 August 2016. The expansion ...