Financial quality metrics and ESG factor interactions can impact equity markets

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As investors seek to integrate ESG data into their investment processes, they can mistakenly conflate ESG scores in practice with the more familiar financial quality metrics. But this conflation stems... Read more continue reading

Westpac completes Share Purchase Plan raising approximately $770 million

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Westpac has announced the completion of its Share Purchase Plan (“SPP”) following the closing of the SPP on 2 December 2019. The SPP raised approximately $770 million and approximately 31.9... Read more continue reading

Non-bank lending giving Australian businesses opportunity to grow

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Australian private finance and investment house Wingate said unmet demand for corporate debt funding had given rise to new opportunities for non-bank lenders to support growing businesses and diversify opportunities... Read more continue reading

HUB24 adds Australian Eagle Long-Short Fund

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HUB24 has approved the Australian Eagle Trust Long-Short Fund for its superannuation and IDPS platforms. This follows Netwealth’s recent introduction of the Fund for its super platform. The Fund invests... Read more continue reading

DNR Capital Australian Emerging Companies Fund added to six leading platforms

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DNR Capital, a leading fund manager, has announced that its Australian Emerging Companies Fund is now available to financial advisers via BT Wrap, BT Panorama, Macquarie Wrap, Netwealth, HUB24, and... Read more continue reading

Calastone builds scale for reporting solution with the addition of OneVue

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Calastone, the largest global funds network, continues to enhance the benefits of automation across Australia’s managed funds sector as industry participation for its Reporting solution grows. Australia’s largest registry provider,... Read more continue reading

AMP to phase out ongoing advice agreements; introduces annual agreements

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AMP has announced it will introduce annual agreements for clients who currently receive ongoing financial advice. The new system will be introduced during 2020, while ongoing advice agreements will be... Read more continue reading

Resimac moves to exclusively its own funding

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Resimac has announced that it will discontinue its Resimac MoniPower and Resimac Accelerate products for new business, effective from 1 January 2020. The change means the leading non-bank mortgage provider... Read more continue reading

BennBridge boutique Skerryvore makes senior appointments

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BennBridge boutique Skerryvore Asset Management has appointed six senior executives to join its newly established emerging markets business. Stephen Deane, Nicholas Cowley, Ian Tabberer, Michael Cahoon and Ronan Kelleher join... Read more continue reading

Aberdeen Standard Investments appoints head of Australian Fixed Income

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Aberdeen Standard Investments (ASI) has appointed Garreth Innes as the Head of Australian Fixed Income.  Garreth joined the Australian fixed income team in 2011 and has over ten years’ industry... Read more continue reading