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ASIC reduces ban on director of fabricated fund

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2016
The Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) has approved an agreement between ASIC and Queensland man, Paul Duncan, to reduce his ban from providing financial services from four years to three. ASIC originally banned Duncan from providing financial services ...

Infrastructure Capital Group targets $1bn for asset purchases

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2016
Fund manager Infrastructure Capital Group (ICG) is looking to raise $1 billion from domestic and international institutional investors to add quality established infrastructure businesses and new development projects to its mid-market infrastructure ...

Is tapping into super to pay off student debt a good idea?

WHITNEY FITZSIMMONS  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2016
As the discussion about the 'objective of superannuation' continues it has now circled around to the issue of whether people should be allowed to tap into their super in order to pay-off current student debt or to pay for tertiary education which has ...

NAB and PwC partner for tax app

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2016
NAB has announced that it has partnered with PwC to provide data support services for self-employed workers and other "microbusinesses," including UberX drivers. PwC's Airtax app, originally targeted at Uber drivers, automates the process of collecting ...

Global institutions join sustainable investment group

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2016
A consortium of global financial institutions and investors has announced a new partnership under the Catalytic Finance Initiative (CFI) to direct $8bn towards "high-impact sustainable investments." The group of seven has pledged capital and expertise ...

Equip appoints new board members

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2016
Equip has announced the appointment of three new board members after the industry superannuation fund recently held its member and employer director elections. Joining the Equip board are AGL manager group employee relations Michael Clinch, and Cleantech ...

IMF Bentham announces $30m bond issue

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2016
IMF Bentham has announced the launch of a bond issue of $30 million to be made available to wholesale investors such as institutional, private and SMSF investors. Arranged by FIIG Securities, the four year and three month fixed rate senior secure issue ...

Quant hedge fund arrives down under

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2016
Launching in Australia this week is a crowd-sourced quantitative hedge fund that was originally conceived as a way to "hack Wall Street". US-based Quantopian is an investment firm that provides an open platform where anyone can research, back test and ...

European Cities Fund to take advantage of future proof cities

WHITNEY FITZSIMMONS  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAR 2016
TH Real Estate has launched its flagship European Cities Fund aimed at tapping into the long-term growth potential of income-producing properties in 'future proof cities'. Head of global business development Austin Mitchell said TH Real Estate is focused ...

Senate to investigate life industry

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2016
A Senate inquiry originally set to scrutinise Australia's financial advice industry has again deepened its investigations by adopting calls to examine the country's life insurance sector. With support from all sides of politics, Senator John Williams ...