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Hejaz hires three senior leaders

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 16 DEC 2021
Hejaz Financial Services made three senior appointments in a bid to become Australia's first licensed Islamic bank. Michael Trist assumed the general manager of sales and distribution; Andrew Oey is the new head of lending, while Samrah Sahi took ...

ASIC bans two Sydney based advisers

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 DEC 2021
ASIC has banned the directors of Premier Wealth Management from providing financial advice, while also stripping the firm of its AFS licence. The corporate regulator announced on Tuesday (December 14) it has banned Sydney-based financial advisers Gerald ...

PIMCO revives local LIT plans

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 DEC 2021
After almost two years of delay, PIMCO is planning to launch its first Australian listed investment trust in March next year. PIMCO, which has been managing listed funds globally for about 25 years, said the new offering will seek to address Australian ...

ASIC takes 'ASX Wolf' to court

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 14 DEC 2021
ASIC has taken action against Tyson Scholz, who offered his followers share trading tips on social media under the handle 'ASX Wolf'. The regulator filed proceedings in the Federal Court that will seek to restrain Scholz from carrying on any financial ...

Fidelity launches active ETF

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 DEC 2021
Fidelity International has launched one of its managed funds as an actively managed exchange-traded fund on the ASX. The Fidelity Global Demographics Fund listed on the ASX as FDEM. It invests in up to 70 global stocks and aims to beat the MSCI All ...

New appointments to FSC board

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 10 DEC 2021
The Financial Services Council (FSC) has today announced the appointments of AMP Australian Wealth Management chief executive Scott Hartley, and Challenger chief executive, people, corporate affairs and strategy Michelle Taylor, as directors to the ...

Do inflows follow performance?

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 10 DEC 2021
A recent study found flows to individual funds do directly follow performance, but there's a catch. Rainmaker analysis of actively managed funds data for the 12 months to September this year shows flows follow performance but there is a lag of about ...

Takeovers Panel weighs in on WAM takeover

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 9 DEC 2021
The battle between Wilson Asset Management and PM Capital over a takeover bid for a LIC heats up as the Takeovers Panel weighs in. PM Capital is urging shareholders to allow its PM Capital Global Opportunities Fund (PGF) to take over the PM Capital ...

LIC appoints former Wallaby as director

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 DEC 2021
A former Wallaby has joined the board of a Wilson Asset Management listed investment company. WAM Active (WAA) named Simon Poidevin as a director, replacing Emma Rugge Price, who served in the role for nearly four years. Poidevin spent 14 years at Citigroup ...

APRA tells Christian Super to merge

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 7 DEC 2021
With just $2 billion in assets, Christian Super has been told by the prudential regulator that it must merge by 31 July 2022 following persistent underperformance. APRA has imposed additional licence conditions on the super fund in order to protect ...