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Disclosure lacking in common ownership: Committee

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2022
... actually presenting any evidence of collusion having occurred. It also wants mechanisms introduced to ensure asset managers engage with their owners in making voting decisions, and for the AFSL requirements of proxy advisors to be expanded. It should ...

Permanent ban for former authorised representative

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2022
ASIC has permanently banned Roderick Halligan from providing financial services or having any involvement in a financial services business. According to the corporate regulator, between 1 June 2015 to 22 October 2020, Halligan, who was an authorised ...

BetaShares launches Aussie bluechip ETF

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2022
BetaShares is set to launch a strategy that invests in Australian companies deemed to be of high quality. The BetaShares Australian Quality ETF, with ticker code AQLT, comprises companies that have high return on equity, low leverage and relative earnings ...

First Sentier adds to RI, sustainability team

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2022
... relationships with ultra-high-net-worth donors, established the Prince's Trust in the US and created a new fundraising stream to engage with the next generation of donors. FSI chief executive Mark Steinberg welcomed the new appointments to the global ...

Citi appoints new debt head

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2022
Citi has appointed Ollie Williams as head of debt capital markets for Australia and New Zealand. Williams will report locally to Tony Osmond, head of investment banking for Australia and New Zealand, and regionally to Adrian Khoo and Ben Ng who are ...

Legal expert to lead QAR

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2022
... adoption of low-cost advice, particularly by young consumers, those with low asset values and consumers who do not currently engage with the advice industry," the terms of reference suggest. The QAR will also re-assess the state of life insurance commissions. ...

Leadership shuffle, redundancies at OpenMarkets

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2022
Trading platform OpenMarkets has a new chief executive and has made 21 employees redundant, as rumours swirl that it will shortly be acquired. A spokesperson for the company confirmed that it had made 21 redundancies since the beginning of the year ...

BetaShares to launch digital health, telemedicine ETF

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2022
BetaShares is diversifying its thematic range with the launch of BetaShares Digital Health and Telemedicine ETF (EDOC). EDOC will provide exposure to up to 50 leading global digital healthcare and telemedicine companies, such as Boston Scientific, Abbott ...

State Street develops digital custody capability

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2022
State Street intends to offer digital custody for some cryptocurrencies and other digital assets, subject to regulatory approvals, with a new partnership. State Street Digital, State Street's dedicated digital division, has entered into a licensing ...

Biden signs executive order on digital assets

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2022
US President Joe Biden has signed an executive order on ensuring the responsible development of digital assets, in a move that has seen the price of Bitcoin jump. Signed overnight, the executive order outlines the first whole-of-government strategy ...