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AIA under fire for coal holdings

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2020
... "AIA is one of the world's biggest life insurance companies and one of the largest corporations headquartered in Hong Kong," it said. Its ambitions match its size in that AIA aims to be "the world's pre-eminent life insurance provider". Its main ...

Aussie dividends lag on global stage

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2020
... payout ratios and because many of this quarter's payouts relate to 2019 earnings and were fixed several months ago. Hong Kong enjoyed the fastest dividend growth in the developed world in Q3, with payouts rising 9.9% on an underlying basis to $30.3 ...

Generation flags Ascalon closure

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2020
... investment made in the business," Generation chair Rob Coombe said. Despite this, he cited the political disruption in Hong Kong along with COVID-19 as to why it was unable to execute its growth plans. "This derailed capital raising efforts and we have ...

T. Rowe Price recruits analysts

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2020
... between clients and portfolio managers. He reports to Nick Beecroft, the head of ISG Asia Pacific, which is based in Hong Kong. In the newly-created role, de Ferranti works alongside the firm's local and global equity investment teams to provide ...

COVID-19 spurs proactive investing: Study

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2020
... according to a global comparison. Calastone's survey of 1800 retail investors from Australia, UK, USA, Germany, Hong Kong, and New Zealand found the majority are not confident about their ability to manage their investments and constantly worry about ...

Societe Generale fined over client breaches

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2020
... withdrew client money over 4500 times from Australian clients and deposited the money into client accounts held by its Hong Kong operations. The second count took place within the same time frame, when Societe Generale deposited client money into five ...

Australia among strongest on governance

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2020
... rules in place. Meanwhile, Chile, Columbia, the UAE, Pakistan and Poland had both weak practices and weak rules. Japan, Hong Kong, China and India were among the countries with strong rules but weak governance practices. According to the research, Australia ...

Westpac consolidates international operations

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2020
... move forward with just three branches in Singapore, London and New York. In doing so, it will exit Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Mumbai and Jakarta. The bank's priority going forward is on its core Australian and New Zealand customers, acting Westpac ...

BNP Paribas AM names Asian equities lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2020
... BNP Paribas Asset Management has made further changes to its Asian equities business, appointing a new lead for the Hong Kong-based team. Zhikai Chen took over the role of head of Asian equities on October 8, joining from Lombard Odier Group where he ...

AUSTRAC releases guidance on wildlife trafficking

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2020
... indicators; including assessing large transactions, especially those from Asia (high demand for trafficked animals in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan); considering international and domestic payments details that may reference the animal species purchased ...

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Australian Retirement Trust people chief to depart

ELIZABETH FRY
Australian Retirement Trust has confirmed the departure of chief people officer Helen Jackson, who will leave at the end of the financial year.

SSGA loses $2.4bn in two months

KARREN VERGARA
State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) suffered $2.4 billion in net outflows over the last two months of 2023, the majority of which hit its Australian and international equities products.

AFCA seeks industry feedback on approaches

ELIZA BAVIN
The financial complaints authority is asking the industry for feedback on how it approaches issues and reaches decisions.

Apex, ACA partner to broaden client services

ANDREW MCKEAN
Apex Group and ACA Group have formed a partnership to offer their clients a wider range of services.

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