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Chief economist update: Eurozone at risk of double-dip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2021
... on business activity. The latest IHS Markit Eurozone Composite PMI showed that although overall activity improved from the six-month low reading of 45.3 in November, it remains in contraction (below 50) at 49.1 in December. It was dragged down by a fourth ...

Six Park launches ESG options

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2021
Six Park has launched its first range of sustainable portfolios in partnership with a Melbourne-based financial advice firm. The online investment manager partnered with Summerhill Financial Services to deliver sustainable portfolio options to existing ...

BNP Paribas to offer initial margin services

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2021
BNP Paribas Securities Services is expanding its collateral management services in Asia Pacific, to include initial margin requirements arising for non-cleared OTC derivatives positions. Initial margin rules for non-cleared derivatives transactions ...

ASIC cancels stockbroker AFSL

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2021
... distribution of client funds wrapped up on December 9, with the judgement yet to be handed down. KPMG said it will take at least six months for distributions to be made due to the time it will take to review claims and distribute all available assets. ...

Milliman practice lead resigns

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 12 JAN 2021
... leader. He joined Milliman in November 2004 as a consultant. Prior to that he was also a consultant at Tillinghast for over six years. "I look forward to taking a break before the next chapter and will cheer from the sidelines as Milliman continues its ...

FASEA urges advisers to maximise exam sittings

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 11 JAN 2021
... FASEA website. Advisers only have until the end of this year to pass the exam if they want to remain in the industry, with six sittings of the exam scheduled. So far, 11,241 advisers have passed the exam - just 52% of the ASIC Financial Adviser Register. ...

Arowana winds up LIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 7 JAN 2021
... investment strategy, CVF's investment portfolio against the benchmark index was nevertheless "disappointing". CVF listed six years ago, trading at $1 and peaking at about $1.31 in 2018. The share price plummeted from about $1.06 to 37 cents on 17 ...

ASIC slams auditors

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 DEC 2020
... lambasted the major auditors for sloppy work, and poor governance and accountability practices. A sample of audits for the six months to June 2020 questions the quality and integrity of audit services. In aggregate, ASIC found the big audit service providers ...

Real AM considers listing new REIT

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 DEC 2020
... acquisitions RAM's essential services property portfolio now spans 13 essential services neighbourhood retail centres and six medical properties, four of which are private hospitals. RAM director and head of real estate Will Gray said the company ...

APRA hands down self-assessment report

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 21 DEC 2020
... planned supervisory activities, substantive public consultations and some revisions to the prudential framework for at least six months. Another was increasing its engagement with industry stakeholders. One concern that emerged from industry associations ...