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A playbook for private markets

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2022
A panel at the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) ASI 2022 conference has discussed how unlisted assets can be an important diversification strategy for super funds, despite challenges in accessing deals. IFM executive director private ...

Northern Trust hires former TelstraSuper COO

ELIZABETH FRY  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2022
Northern Trust Asset Management has hired Miles Mallick to the newly created role of chief operating officer for Asia-Pacific. In his new role, Mallick will support the US$1.2 trillion asset manager's growth in the Asia Pacific region. Mallick joins ...

Market manipulator pleads guilty

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2022
Benjamin Heath Cooper has pleaded guilty to conspiring to manipulate the share price of a resources company in 2015. ASIC alleged that in November 2015 Cooper conspired with former Quantum director Avrohom Kimelman and another to manipulate Quantum ...

Reserve Bank shocks with hawkish 50bp increase

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUN 2022
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has decided to increase the cash rate target by 50 basis points to 85 basis points. The central bank also raised the interest rate on exchange settlement balances by 50 basis points to 75 basis points. At its meeting ...

Reserve Bank tipped to hike rates again

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2022
Economists have had their say about tomorrow's Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) decision, the vast majority anticipate the central bank to jack up cash rates. A Finder survey has said that 86% of its expert panelists believe the cash rate will change ...

Deutsche Bank, DWS raided over greenwashing

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2022
The offices of DWS and Deutsche Bank have been raided by German police as part of an ongoing investigation into allegations of extensive greenwashing. The investigation by the German regulator, BaFin, aligns to that of the US Securities and Exchange ...

Fossil fuel divestment bill passes California Senate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2022
The California Senate passed a bill overnight prohibiting the United States' two largest public pension funds from investing in the world's top 200 fossil fuel companies and require them to divest any existing holdings by 2030. The California ...

ETFS Capital, WisdomTree in cooperation deal

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2022
Graham Tuckwell's ETFS Capital entered a cooperation agreement with WisdomTree, alongside Lion Point, to enhance WisdomTree's board of directors and corporate governance. Under the agreement, former State Street Global Advisors chief investment officer ...

BNY Mellon subsidiary to pay US$1.5m over ESG misstatements

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2022
BNY Mellon Investment Adviser will pay US$1.5 million to settle charges brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for misstatements and omissions about ESG considerations in making investment decisions for certain mutual funds that it ...

Natixis appoints to management committee

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2022
With these new appointments, Natixis Investment Management seeks to bolster its client service through enhanced global coordination, increased focus, and broader representation of key customer segments, including ESG considerations, it said. Joining ...