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AMP gets court date for China fund appeal

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2016
AMP Life has been given a hearing date for its appeal of the Supreme Court ruling preventing it from voting on resolutions at the AMP Capital China Growth Fund (AGF) extraordinary general meeting. The Supreme Court decided on June 22 that AMP Life ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2016
... in March. Import prices decreased by 12.9% in the year to June while export prices fell by 4.4%. Philippine exports The ruling of the international tribunal in The Hague favouring the Philippines' against China's claims on the disputed islands in the ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2016
... increase. Year-on-year, core machinery orders dropped by 11.7% in May following an 8.2% decline in the previous month. The ruling coalition won by a landslide at the 10 July elections. Of the 121 seats up for grabs in the Upper House, the Liberal Democratic ...

AMP Life appeals Supreme Court ruling

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2016
AMP Life has appealed a Supreme Court ruling preventing it from voting at the upcoming extraordinary general meeting for the AMP Capital China Growth Fund (AGF). The Supreme Court decided on June 22 that AMP Life, which holds roughly 36% of units in ...

Supreme Court makes China Growth Fund EGM ruling

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUN 2016
The Supreme Court ruled against voting rights for one of the biggest shareholders of the AMP Capital China Growth Fund at the upcoming extraordinary general meeting (EGM) in July. AMP Life, which holds roughly 36% of units in the China Growth Fund on ...

Treasurer open to all ideas on super

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2015
... work life. Speaking on Sydney radio yesterday, Morrison reaffirmed the federal government's position that they "are not ruling anything in or out on superannuation." "We are having a good look at it and one of the key issues that has been fed back to ...

OPINION: What to do with the Tax White Paper!

ANDREW BRAGG, DIRECTOR OF POLICY, FINANCIAL SERVICES COUNCIL  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2015
... paper itself was a strong contribution to the debate as it contained all of the major issues. It was not compromised by ruling certain components out of reform consideration. This paper contrasted strongly to the Henry Review of taxation in 2009-10 which ...

Failure to monitor ESG may breach fiduciary duty

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2015
A United States Supreme Court ruling has cleared the way for actions against institutions that fail to monitor the effects that climate change has on their portfolios. The Supreme Court held on 18 May 2015 that trustees have a fiduciary duty, emanating ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015
... release quarterly production results while Resmed is slated to release full year results. Meanwhile, the Federal court ruling on whether banks should disclose the level of carbon emissions they finance is expected. In Australia, the market on Thursday ...

Plan sponsors have fiduciary obligations: SCOTUS

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2015
... existing investments periodically and to remove imprudent investments," noted the Supreme Court in its recently released ruling. Jason C Roberts, chief executive of the Pension Resource Institute, told the US news service InvestmentNews: "Share classes ...