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Sovereign wealth fund plans Ancestry.com retreat

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2019
... limited size of the market, according to an S&P report quoted in the article. A report released in May from International Forum of Sovereign Wealth Funds (IFSWF) said that sovereign wealth funds retreated from private markets in 2017 but in 2018, they ...

FASEA approves more coursework

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2019
... advisers who have completed coursework for the CIMA designation in or after 2001 (offered by the Portfolio Construction Forum) have been awarded one credit recognition for prior learning (RPL) to attain professional designation. Those who have attained ...

Chief economist update: RBA heading to zero

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2019
... Treasury's currency-manipulator monitoring for 14 years, and is now at the Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum, a think tank, notes that China meets only the first of those three conditions." But I digress. The recent exchange of fire ...

IPOs fewer but performing well

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2019
... same period and 72 over the 12-month period. Small caps IPOs raising less than $100 million. A report from International Forum of Sovereign Wealth Funds (IFSWF) said sovereign wealth funds cooled on IPOs in 2018 as public markets offered up fewer IPOs ...

Much review about nothing

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2019
... income system has been met with confusion by some of the industry's big players. "Speaking at the Bloomberg buy-side forum in Sydney recently, the newly-minted Assistant Treasurer for Superannuation, Financial Services and Financial Technology, Senator ...

Sovereign investors go back to fixed income

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2019
... infrastructure, real estate and private equity markets," Invesco said in the report. An earlier report from International Forum of Sovereign Wealth Funds (IFSWF) said that sovereign wealth funds retreated from private markets in 2017 but in 2018, they ...

Chief economist update: ECB to leave no policy tool unturned

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2019
... statement, as it's been overtaken by events - or more to the point, ECB president Mario Draghi's speech at the ECB Forum on Central Banking in Sintra, Portugal on June 18. 'Twas here that Draghi hinted a change of stance from keeping steady ...

Wealth management investigations spike

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2019
... commissioner John Price said yesterday. In opening comments to a keynote panel discussion at the Governance and Risk Management Forum in Melbourne yesterday, Price said ASIC has accelerated its enforcement actions since the Royal Commission's recommendations ...

Superannuation reforms underway

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2019
... structural problems across the retirement system and ultimately improve outcomes for members. Speaking at the Bloomberg Buy-Side Forum in Sydney yesterday morning, the Assistant Minister for Superannuation, Financial Services and Financial Technology ...

Culture isn't everything: ASIC

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2019
... culture" might not stand resolute in the face of remuneration incentives. Addressing the Governance Institute's Risk Management Forum in Sydney yesterday, Price warned companies that ensuring the behaviour of employees required a more holistic approach ...