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ASIC puts investment managers on notice over valuations

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2020
The corporate regulator is ramping up its focus on reviewing valuation practices amongst investment managers to ensure they are reliable during the pandemic. ASIC's Interim Corporate Plan 2020/21 is reminding entities to ensure that the valuations of ...

Former Aberdeen duo back with Sydney boutique

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020
... former head of Australian fixed income at Aberdeen Standard Investments and left the role in February 2019. Fang is a corporate lawyer who started at Clayton Utz, worked overseas and was ASI's global head of restructuring for seven years until December ...

Super funds slapped over smoker premiums

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020
AMP, Colonial First State, Equity Trustees, IOOF, Intrust, Netwealth and Suncorp have been caught out by the corporate watchdog for wrongfully assigning 'smoker' statuses to new members, with only four of the aforementioned businesses set to ...

Dealmakers hold off investing in Australia

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2020
... looming uncertainty and travel restrictions are limiting the sourcing and vetting of future investments. Pitcher Partners corporate finance partner Michael Sonego said there is no doubt that investment confidence has been shaken but it should pick up ...

ASX reviewing CHESS replacement feedback

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2020
... months, with the accelerating need for more innovation, digitisation and straight-through processing of transactions and corporate actions," he said. "The CHESS replacement project has involved the most interaction ASX has ever undertaken with the market. ...

First Sentier bolsters board of directors

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2020
... suited to the role," he said. "We know she will add significant value to the board with her strong understanding of corporate governance best practice and unique insight into the Asian investment management sector, which is a core strategic market for ...

Bain Capital begins restructure reckoning

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2020
... regional and charter flying business. As a result of the changing fleet, 3000 employees - primarily across operations and corporate roles - will be made redundant. Virgin argued that making these changes now will secure approximately 6000 jobs once market ...

Big companies dig deep

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2020
... during COVID-19, according to new analysis form Strive Philanthropy. The research focused in on Australia's 50 leading corporate givers from its latest GivingLarge dataset, uncovering their publicly disclosed philanthropic commitments towards COVID-19. ...

Invesco inks ESG plan

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2020
... need to be part of the solution, so we have made climate change a priority of our ESG investment activities and of our corporate responsibility," he said. The report does not provide any tangible outcomes from its existing processes, instead it describes ...

Watchdog warns of celebrity-endorsed bitcoin scams

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2020
... as fake. The fraudulent use of these figures in the marketing of financial products is a key indicator of a scam, the corporate watchdog said, pointing to fake websites posing as crypto trading robots and cryptocurrency "pump-and-dump" scams as two key ...