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We're paying 30% more: Cboe

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2022
As Australia's disruptor stock exchange, formerly known as Chi-X, expands its team under Cboe's ownership, hiring in an extremely tight jobs market remains the largest challenge. Chi-X had 33 staff in its Sydney office when Cboe took over the ...

Pendal rejects Perpetual bid

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2022
The Pendal board has determined the recent takeover offer from Perpetual is not in the best interests of shareholders. The conditional, non-binding indicative offer from Perpetual to acquire 100% of the shares in Pendal by way of a scheme of arrangement ...

Salter Brothers appoints new investment director

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2022
Global fund manager Salter Brothers has appointed Gregg Taylor as investment director, private equity. Taylor will lead the Sydney-based investment team responsible for managing Salter Brothers Emerging Companies Limited. Taylor brings with him 25 years ...

Parliamentary committee hears KPMG assumed 'conflicting engagements knowingly'

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2022
A public accountability committee that inquired and reported on the Transport Asset Holding Entity (TAHE) has uncovered several damaging findings, including that KPMG engagements were 'rife with conflict'. The TAHE has been the subject of serious accounting ...

Westpac fined $1.5m for mis-selling insurance

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2022
The Federal Court has ordered Westpac to pay a $1.5 million penalty for mis-selling consumer credit insurance with its credit cards and Flexi Loans, to customers who hadn't agreed to buy insurance policies. This penalty has come as a result of Westpac's ...

ASIC takes Federal Court action against Macquarie Bank

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2022
ASIC has started civil penalty proceedings in the Federal Court against Macquarie Bank Ltd over alleged failures to monitor third party withdrawals from customer accounts. The corporate watchdog said that limited monitoring by Macquarie of transactions ...

Superhero to offer Qantas points

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2022
In Qantas' latest financial services partnership, Superhero users can win a share of one million Qantas points. To enter the draw for the points, Superhero investors must have linked their Qantas Frequent Flyer number to their Superhero account ...

Perpetual moves to acquire Pendal

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2022
Perpetual has made an offer to acquire Pendal for $6.23 a share. Pendal confirmed it received the conditional, non-binding indicative proposal from Perpetual to acquire 100% of shares in Pendal by way of scheme of arrangement. The proposal is for a ...

Aussie instos commit $50bn to UK projects

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2022
AustralianSuper and IFM Investors are among several local institutions that will splash their cash on clean energy, technology, and infrastructure projects in the UK in the coming years. Overnight the UK government announced major investments from AustralianSuper ...

Nucleus Wealth launches direct indexing option

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2022
Australia's first direct indexing service is here, thanks to investment and wealth manager Nucleus Wealth. Available to investors in a broad range of structures, including superannuation, the service involves the investor owning the individual shares ...