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More than $17m paid in CFD-related remediation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2023
More than $17.4 million has been made in compensation payments to retail clients affected by legal breaches by eight retail OTC derivative issuers, $13 million of which was paid by Binance alone. ASIC said the payments have been made to more than 2000 ...

Magellan cops first strike for remuneration

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2023
Almost 60% of Magellan Financial Group's shareholders rejected the company's remuneration report at yesterday's annual meeting, registering a first strike. More than 58% of Magellan's shareholders voted against the report on executive pay following ...

BNP Paribas to sharpen efforts down under

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 7 NOV 2023
Having spent more than two decades working with super funds down under, BNP Paribas says it's spending more time focusing on the quality rather than the quantity of its partnerships. Speaking with Financial Standard, BNP Paribas head of institutional ...

GQG Partners FUM declines

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 7 NOV 2023
GQG Partners has posted a US$1.9 billion reduction in its fund under management (FUM) in October. The US-based boutique fund manager revealed in an ASX announcement that its FUM had fallen from US$105.8 billion as of September 30 to US$103.9 billion ...

Investor associations to unite

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2023
Retail investor advocates the Australian Shareholders' Association (ASA) and the Australian Investors' Association (AIA) are planning to consolidate next year. The boards of both groups have agreed to the amalgamation, with the AIA to close its organisation ...

Munro Partners launches new fund

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 NOV 2023
Munro Partners has launched the Munro Partners Global Growth and Mid-Cap fund, managed by lead portfolio manager Qiao Ma. The fund invests in global growth-oriented small and medium companies with a market capitalisation between US$250 million and US$30 ...

Licensees flout breach reporting regime: ASIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 NOV 2023
ASIC warned it is taking tougher action on licensees as they fail to comply with the reportable situations regime two years on. Of the 16,836 reports ASIC received from financial services and credit licensees in the year to June 2023, 17% took over ...

Calastone appoints new local head

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 NOV 2023
Global funds network Calastone has internally promoted an executive to serve as the new head of its Australian and New Zealand operations. Effective today, Marsha Lee will succeed Teresa Walker, who stepped back from the business at the end of October. ...

Willis Towers Watson sheds more corporate super plans

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 31 OCT 2023
Having already offloaded some corporate plans earlier this year, Willis Towers Watson (WTW) has now dumped a further two - transferring one and terminating the other. Earlier this year, WTW transferred the Oracle Superannuation Plan to Australian Retirement ...

Betashares launches currency-hedged FTSE 100 ETF

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 31 OCT 2023
Betashares has launched its FTSE 100 Currency Hedged ETF (H100) on the ASX, to provide local investors exposure to global blue-chip companies. According to Betashares, the ETF will track the performance of the AUD currency-hedged FTSE 100 Index, before ...