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Keybridge disputes board spill allegations

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 18 APR 2017
... shareholders to vote on the appointment of three new directors: Tony Hartnell, David Sanders and William Johnson. Aurora Funds Management, the business Keybridge sold in June last year, also indicated it would seek to appoint its own nominee. ASIC contested ...

Robotic stock picking: the future is now

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 18 APR 2017
... jobs with robots. Frontier Advisers' senior consultant Sarkis Tepeli says that while the interest in this arena from the funds management industry is growing, its magnitude varies materially across different regions. "The United States in particular ...

Stone and Chalk lends voice to start-ups by women

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2017
... blew the lights out. Last October, she raised $3.5 million in an over-subscribed seed funding round - a record amount of funds raised at that point in a start-up's journey. "I have so much more confidence in my gut instincts today than a year ago [when ...

First State Super wins government lease

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2017
First State Super and Hastings Funds Management have won the bid to run New South Wales' land registry services, allowing the state to invest $2.6 billion in proceeds to infrastructure projects. NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian and Treasurer Dominic Perrottet ...

Wealth management firm expands

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2017
... from offices in all states and territories. The Toowoomba office, established in 1988, manages close to $400 million in funds under management. While starting as a stockbroking firm, Morgans now cover all aspects of financial advice, including financial ...

Fund added to Macquarie Wrap

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2017
... Investment Partners and Lonsec Research, was launched in 2014 and has returned 38.9% pa, placing it in the top 20 long short funds globally in both 2015 and 2016. Its objective is to deliver a net return of at least 10% pa with strong capital protection ...

MDA firm hires former Pillar chief executive

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2017
... rolled out to 13 licensees, potentially reaching investors who prefer personal super products rather than self-managed super funds. Another initiative is the introduction of a new user interface and middle office solution in conjunction with fintech ...

NAB retains long-term asset servicing mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2017
... Australian university for a further five years. The University of Sydney retained NAS as the custodian of its endowment funds as well as the recently-introduced Student Managed Fund, a managed portfolio run and monitored by students as part of the university's ...

Sovereign wealth fund growth steady

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2017
The total assets under management held in sovereign wealth funds globally levelled over the past two years, seeing growth of 1% between March 2016 and March 2017. The 2017 Preqin Sovereign Wealth Fund Review found assets grew to US$6.59 trillion from ...

Pension fund embraces managed accounts

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2017
... global private equity, infrastructure and real estate investments. The SMA would hold global, diversified private equity funds with various strategies; diversified investments in mainly core, brownfield infrastructure funds in developed countries; and ...