ASX Announcements
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Funds Under Management and Performance Fee Update - Dec 2024
Periodic Reports - Other
- Jan 8, 2025
- 2 pages
Notification of cessation of securities - MFG
Appendix 3H (Notification of cessation of securities)
- Jan 3, 2025
- 4 pages
Change of Director's Interest Notice - John Eales
Change of Director’s Interest Notice
- Dec 16, 2024
- 2 pages
This Month
Macquarie refuses to say whether it stands by climate commitments
Other major local financial institutions indicated that they remained committed to net zero goals amid a recent pullback by global financial firms.
- Joshua Peach and Lucas Baird
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
How Magellan plans to make money, without two super-hot stocks
Hamish Douglass is gone – along with plenty of clients – but the global equities team marches on with the same search for quality compounders.
- Anthony Macdonald
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
There can only be one winner in the ASX’s big tussle for 2025
Shares in Australia’s big banks are easily outrunning the ASX’s big miners. It will switch, it always does.
- Anthony Macdonald
Regal Partners tops $18b as Magellan falters
Phil King’s Regal shows little sign of slowing down as former industry leader Magellan fails to gather its former momentum.
- Joshua Peach
Magellan co-founder Chris Mackay lambasts private credit in tirade
The fund manager behind MFF Capital has taken aim at the “story tellers” spruiking high returns and low risks outside the scrutiny of public markets.
- Joshua Peach
December 2024
Barrenjoey tells staff to expect revenue bump as rivals circle
At least two rival investment banks said that they had recently held discussions with some of the local investment advisory and markets firm’s employees.
- Updated
- Jemima Whyte
November 2024
Magellan’s core series on the chopping block
A series of termination notices spell the end for three Cboe listed funds in Magellan’s Core Series.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
Magellan paid up big for its Vinva acquisition, accounts show
Financial year 2024 accounts show Magellan paid a punchy multiple for its $138.5 million global equity acquisition.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
October 2024
Magellan board defends Bolton’s windfall amid ASIC probe
The chairman of the fund manager said a deal struck to appease activist investor Nick Bolton was in the best interests of shareholders.
- Jonathan Shapiro, Jemima Whyte and Zoe Samios
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Why investment legend Chris Mackay says ‘it’s a dangerous time’
The MFF Capital Investments boss and Magellan co-founder says the “everything rally” is likely to reverse, but calm, long-term investors can fight through the noise.
- James Thomson
Chris Mackay buys Montaka, outlines Magellan-like vision
The Magellan Financial Group’s co-founder is roping a new manager into his $2 billion investment vehicle and his expectations are high.
- Joshua Peach
September 2024
It’s not just losses. Magellan’s FinClear is flatlining on the top line
Revenue grew marginally above financial year 2022 levels, but significant top-line growth remains elusive.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
Magellan head of strategy exits amid internal reshuffle
Of note, Smith led Magellan’s defence strategy when the investment house was grappling with its bete noir, Keybridge Capital’s Nick Bolton.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
Magellan-backed FinClear set to lose CommSec as client
CommSec is running a request-for-proposal to select a new vendor to replace FinClear’s iBROKER, a post-trade system for equities and derivatives.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
August 2024
Why this beaten up beauty stock could pay off handsomely
Ex-Magellan stock-picker Kris Webster explains why he’s betting on a rebound in the US beauty industry and a stock that has slumped more than 30 per cent since March.
- Joanne Tran
Magellan’s Formica breaks bread with shareholders; FinClear in frame
The questions leaned heavily towards the performance of Magellan’s two off-piste investments.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Meet the mysterious investment legend who might save Magellan
Shares surged again after the company sealed a deal with the secretive investor known for running one of Australia’s best quantitative investment firms.
- Updated
- James Thomson
Barrenjoey, in the black and paying dividends, finally hits its stride
The firm had been plagued by years of high start-up costs. Big deals for Guzman y Gomez and Suncorp, and a broader business, have turned its fortunes around.
- Aaron Weinman
Magellan backs Vinva for bet on quant fund shift
Chairman Andrew Formica said superannuation funds’ obsession with low fees may not be in their members’ interest, as he snapped up a stake in the boutique firm.
- Jonathan Shapiro
Magellan fund redemptions put shareholders on edge
Anxious shareholders were rattled by the $800 million in funds under management that walked out the door from the Magellan Global Fund in July.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport