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Northern Trust embroiled in YouTube fundie saga

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2019
... achieved. At the end of August, Link Fund Solutions (the authorised corporate director of the suspended Woodford Equity Income Fund) confirmed it does not expect the suspension of the fund to end until at least December. Link said in a statement: "We ...

Dividend payouts stagnate

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2019
... mainly to QBE Insurance, which rewarded shareholders on the back of rebounding profits. Ben Lofthouse, head of global equity income at Janus Henderson, said in Australia the seasonality of payouts, overreliance on financials and resources and lack of ...

Short-seller knife twist for YouTube fundie

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2019
... "egregiously" misrepresenting its returns. Burford is Woodford's second largest holding in its suspended Woodford Equity Income Fund - the suspension of which famously prompted Woodford to issue a sombre YouTube apology. Following the short, Burford's ...

Woodford suspension extended again

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2019
Woodford Equity Income Fund investors are unlikely to have access to their money in time to do their Christmas shopping. Link Asset Services confirmed last week that the Woodford Equity Income Fund is likely to remain suspended another four months ...

Super fund awards Australian equity mandate

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2019
... a specialist fund manager. State Super has selected Martin Currie to manage a mandate for its retirement-focused equity income strategy. The amount to be overseen by Martin Currie was not disclosed though State Super senior investment manager Andrew ...

YouTube fundie called out by FCA

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2019
... investors whose money was frozen in one of his funds. Woodford Investment Management suspended trading in its Woodford Equity Income Fund at the start of June, citing liquidity issues. The suspension forced Woodford Investment Management's founder Neil ...

YouTube fundie woes continue

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2019
... Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has opened an investigation into the events surrounding the suspension of the Woodford Equity Income Fund, with Link Group now caught in the scandal. Earlier this month, star UK fund manager Neil Woodford took to YouTube ...

Downgrade follows fund manager YouTube apology

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2019
... issued a YouTube apology to investors whose money is currently frozen in Woodford Investment Management's Woodford Equity Income Fund, but the apology didn't help the fund avoid a Morningstar downgrade. Morningstar analysts yesterday downgraded the Woodford ...

Boutique appoints portfolio manager

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2019
... track record of generating alpha and we are delighted to have him join our team. Vertium aims to deliver a low risk equity income stream to retirees and Tomas has all the right attributes to help us achieve this objective," Teh said. The team now has ...

Ironbark, Zurich shutter funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2019
... of savings and investments Matthew Drennan said. The board has suspended withdrawals from the Zurich Investments equity income scheme which had $158 million at January end. It expects the wind up to be complete by 30 July, which will include returning ...