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VGI Partners confirms merger talks

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 10 JAN 2022
VGI Partners quelled media speculation and confirmed that it could potentially merge with another fund manager. ASX-listed VGI Partners said Regal Funds Management is one of many parties it is engaging with for a potential merger. "VGI is aware of its ...

Morningstar to buy Praemium for $65m

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 DEC 2021
Praemium has agreed to sell its international business to Morningstar for £35 million (A$65.1 million). The international business includes Praemium's operations in the United Kingdom, Jersey, Hong Kong, and Dubai. The sale of its business will allow ...

Disgraced former fund manager chief declared bankrupt

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 21 DEC 2021
... bankrupt after he failed to pay a penalty to ASIC of $300,000. The Federal Court made the order against Michael Christodoulou King based on the unpaid penalty even though such a debt is not one provable in bankruptcy, ASIC said. Justice Kylie Downes ...

Shareholders reject Westpac remuneration report

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 16 DEC 2021
Disgruntled Westpac shareholders rejected the remuneration report at the bank's annual general meeting yesterday. Twenty-nine percent of shareholders voted down adopting the remuneration report, marking the first strike. Should 25% or more shareholders ...

Regal Funds Management takes stake in Attunga Capital

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 DEC 2021
... providing investors with access to a selection of hedge fund, private market, and real asset investment strategies. Philip King, chief investment officer of Regal, commented on the attractive opportunities currently available in private and niche capital ...

New members on Markets Disciplinary Panel

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2021
ASIC has made a series of appointments to its Markets Disciplinary Panel, adding executives from Barrenjoey and Macquarie Group. With seven members retiring, ASIC has welcomed three new appointees to the peer-review panel which determines whether infringement ...

Backlash after 'unprecedented' ASIC action against Westpac

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2021
... against it by ASIC. Slater and Gordon Lawyers is calling on Westpac to 'walk the talk', after Westpac's chief executive Peter King said the bank remains committed to remediating past issues. The settlement for the six ASIC cased did not include an ASIC ...

ASIC files numerous cases against Westpac

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 30 NOV 2021
... to the court that combined penalties of $100 million are appropriate, it said. Responding, Westpac chief executive Peter King said the bank has been cooperating with ASIC throughout its investigations and acknowledged that, in each circumstance, Westpac ...

Morrison & Co launches new fund

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 23 NOV 2021
H.R.L. Morrison & Co has launched a new open-ended global infrastructure fund. The Morrison & Co Infrastructure Partnership ('MCO IP'), securing more than US$3 billion in fund commitments and co-investment capital from anchor investors on its ...

Bond scam defrauds SMSFs $2.8m

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 NOV 2021
A fake bond scam run has allegedly defrauded self-managed super fund members of $2.8 million. Richard Emil Ayoub, an American national, allegedly funnelled the money into Bitcoin between March and August 2021 after promoting it to investors as a fixed ...