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Local fund manager expands in Asia

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2021
... Odyssey via three further options and two call options. Subject to approval from Monetary Authority of Singapore and Securities and Futures Commission in Hong Kong, Auctus will increase the Odyssey stake to 20% (second tranche) via a mix of shares via ...

Bellmont expands distribution capability

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2021
Bellmont Securities has hired a sales manager of adviser solutions in a bid to expand its managed accounts offering. Ben Bell joined the Sydney-based firm this month, recently working at Aberdeen Standard Investments (ASI) as an associate director in ...

New investment manager enters Aussie market

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 8 MAR 2021
... investors in areas they have had little access. For instance, most global managers rarely stray from benchmark included securities and US managers are becoming more politically constrained," Feng said. "Without those constraints and comprehensive, fundamental ...

Former Apogee adviser charged with deception

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAR 2021
... obtaining financial advantage by deception for his role in an illegal retail superannuation scheme. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) alleges that Saad, while working as an authorised representative of Apogee Financial Planning ...

Senator calls for super funds to stop shorting

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2021
A senator has argued that super funds should not be able to take short positions or participate in securities lending to short sellers. Queensland Liberal National Party Senator Gerard Rennick delivered an impassioned speech during the Senate debate ...

Vanguard finds dirty assets in ESG fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2021
... including the ongoing appropriateness of the benchmark methodologies used by our ethically conscious range to screen securities," a spokesperson for the company said. "It was during this routine process it came to our attention that some company structures ...

J.P. Morgan custody exec retires

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2021
A long-standing J.P. Morgan executive in its securities service business has retired after nearly 20 years with the company. Bryan Gray spent close to 20 years at J.P. Morgan, which is the largest custodian in Australia. Prior to this, he spent about ...

Iress names chair, profit slides

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2021
... Zealand. He was previously global head of technology at ABN AMRO Bank and chief executive of ABN AMRO Asia Pacific Securities and founded boutique technology investment bank North Ridge Partners. "I've been fortunate to help build a number of software ...

J.P. Morgan dominates custody market

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2021
... present challenges in normal times which are amplified through pandemic interruption," he said. J.P. Morgan head of securities services for Australia and New Zealand Nadia Schiavon commented that the firm values its role as a trusted partner to clients ...

Revolution hires to investment team

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2021
... was a senior relationship manager at Bluestone Asia Pacific. At Revolution, Sutinen will focus on the asset-backed securities portfolio, including origination, due diligence and ongoing monitoring of existing transactions. He also adds ESG experience ...