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Financial planning

Former Trio director Keith Finkelde has entered into an enforceable undertaking with APRA that will see him barred from acting as the trustee of an APRA-regulated super e...

Funds management

Post-Trio ASIC primed on hedge funds

ASIC has recommended asset level disclosure on hedge funds as it pursues tighter requirements in a post-Astarra/Trio environment....

Editorial

Australian equities funds and fair performance fees

What is an appropriate fee structure and level for an Australian equities fund for which performance fees are charged?...

Editorial

Australian equities funds and fair performance fees

This month PortfolioConstruction Forum asked the research houses: What is an appropriate fee structure and level for an Australian equities fund for which performance fee...

Financial planning

Remaining Trio directors barred for four years

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has entered into enforceable undertakings (EUs) with the remaining two former directors of Trio Capital, Keith...

Financial planning

Investor acceptance of SMAs rising, S&P reports

Investors are taking up more separately managed accounts (SMAs) and the number of fund managers is growing to meet demand, according to Standard & Poor's latest 'SMA Mode...

Policy & Regulation

Foreign investment tax to be aligned with OS markets

Australia's taxation of foreign managed funds will soon be aligned with countries including the US, the UK, Hong Kong and Singapore, as the Federal Government rolls out i...

Financial planning

Astarra sentence an 'effective deterrent'

Former Astarra Asset Management investment manager Shawn Richard was on Friday sentenced to a total of 3 years and 9 months imprisonment with a minimum term of 2 years an...

Financial planning

Astarra's Shawn Richard jailed

Former Astarra Asset Management investment manager Shawn Richard has today been jailed for two and a half years in the New South Wales Supreme Court....

Financial planning

nabInvest acquires Aviva Investors

NAB's direct asset management business, nabInvest, has today announced the acquisition of investment manager Aviva Investors Australia. ...

Financial planning

Zurich share funds unaffected by ownership change

Standard & Poor's ratings on the Zurich Investments Global Growth Share Fund and Zurich Investments Unhedged Global Growth Share Fund will remain unaffected by the change...

Financial planning

BTIM acquires J O Hambro

BTIM has acquired London-based J O Hambro Capital Management for $314 million....

Financial planning

Trio directors subject to enforceable undertakings

Two former directors of Trio Capital, including CEO Rex Phillpott, have accepted enforceable undertakings....

Superannuation

Former Trio director out of super for four years

Former Trio director, Natasha Beck, has entered into an enforceable undertaking with APRA that will preclude her from being involved in super for up to four years....

Editorial

Practical ethics and funds management

Pioneering the cause for ethical investing following its inception in 1994, it is no surprise that Hunter Hall was the clear front-runner and the first winner of this yea...