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Review forces ASX to fix intra-group conflicts

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 31 JUL 2023
Another review from the fallout of the bungled CHESS replacement saga will force the ASX to implement 13 recommendations to manage conflicts of interest among its subsidiaries. The review, conducted by Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF), found prevalence ...

New boutique hires EQT as RE

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 31 JUL 2023
... Australian investors across domestic equity markets, and in future across global equity markets." Equity Trustees executive general manager of corporate trustee services Russell Beasley said: "Our expertise and decades of experience in funds governance ...

CommSec launches global share trading platform

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 31 JUL 2023
... for our 2.7 million customers who will now be able to more easily invest in international equities," CommSec executive general manager Richard Burns said. CommSec has also reduced brokerage rates to start from US$5 for US equities. Aligned to this, brokerage ...

New product lead at Equip Super

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUL 2023
... gained through his career at Mercer, AMP, AXA, Industry Fund Services and KPMG. He joins from HUB24, where he served as general manager of product development for about 15 months. Angelucci spent seven years at Mercer, most recently as head of product ...

Advisers lacking PII sidestep AFCA rulings

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUL 2023
... him the dispute disappeared," Singh said. On a brighter note, life insurance complaints trended down 24% to 1898, while general insurance complaints skyrocketed 50% to 27,924. From the total 96,987 complaints AFCA registered in FY23, the impact of the ...

T. Rowe Price hires regional ESG specialist

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUL 2023
... investment specialist, APAC. Ramscar brings over 20 years of experience in financial services, having spent a decade at Legal & General Investment Management in London, including the past five years as its head of sustainability solutions. She has also ...

Perpetual reports $212bn in AUM

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUL 2023
... said: "As foreshadowed in our third quarter business update, the macro environment has remained challenging and is driving general caution towards equities, particularly in the US." "Disappointingly, we experienced mandate losses from a client in each ...

Industry grapples with looming cyber threats

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUL 2023
... Kallenbach says the last 12 months have seen a significant increase in the sophistication and frequency of cyber-attacks. "In general terms, I do believe that Australian financial services organisations are focused on pre-paring for future cyber-attacks," ...

Recession risk is receding: Natixis IM

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUL 2023
Thanks to a robust start to the year, economists and investment strategists are feeling more confident that a recession won't take place in the second half, according to a recent survey by Natixis Investment Managers (Natixis IM). The survey, conducted ...

Insurance firms defy inflationary shocks

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUL 2023
Life and general insurance companies are withstanding the shocks of inflation as investors look to the sector as a shield from wider economic uncertainties. Financial advice firms that specialise in life insurance are experiencing solid demand from ...