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Hearts and Minds donates almost $10m to charity

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2020
... the portfolio's holdings are invested in Tesla. While the portfolio is concentrated in a relatively small number of securities (only 28 as of June 30), it is overweight to communications, technology and consumer discretionaries compared to its benchmark. ...

Fake pastor herds believers into Ponzi scheme

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020
... in the US has been charged over a Ponzi scheme that targeted African immigrants, particularly those of faith. The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged two companies based in Maryland for the scheme that allegedly defrauded 1200 investors ...

Argo Infrastructure posts $9.3m loss, but increases dividends

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020
... total returns to shareholders, it said. Argo's portfolio typically invests in 50 to 100 global listed infrastructure securities, and can hold up to 5% of the portfolio's NAV in cash. Its holdings are diversified across infrastructure sub-sectors and ...

State Street nabs BNP executives

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020
... executive of Asia Pacific, head of institutional investors and digital transformation and chief executive of BNP Paribas Securities Services in Singapore. Based in Singapore, he will be responsible for the strategic direction, management and growth of ...

ASIC relaxes IPO red tape

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2020
... information to employees and security holders about an IPO before lodging a disclosure document. While advertising offers of securities that require a disclosure is prohibited, ASIC said its view of the change is that this kind of communication does ...

CFA Institute call for feedback on new standard

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2020
... standards that sets disclosure requirements for corporate issuers prescribe requirements for the labelling or rating of securities or investment products, or define best practice for a strategy or approach. CFA Institute chief executive Margaret Franklin ...

Cromwell fights ARA takeover

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2020
... is making an opportunistic, proportional takeover offer to acquire some, but not all, of Cromwell security holders' securities," the note said. "ARA's proportional takeover is an attempt to gain effective control of Cromwell at a price that the Cromwell ...

Chief economist update: Worse news is better news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2020
... businesses, it would be appropriate over coming months for the Federal Reserve to increase its holdings of Treasury securities and agency residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) and CMBS at least at the current pace." "Noting the increase in uncertainty ...

CareSuper awards custody mandate

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2020
... super fund's investment program and plans for future growth. "J.P. Morgan's global scale and data-driven approach to securities services are particularly well placed to support our evolving investment program," CareSuper chief investment officer Suzanne ...

ASIC warns Indigenous Australians over scams

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2020
... Scams Awareness Week, the corporate regulator is urging Indigenous Australians to be wary of scams. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission is one of the agencies responsible for the National Indigenous Consumer Strategy and reveals the ...