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ASX moves to paperless CHESS statements

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 NOV 2021
The ASX will ditch paper-based CHESS statements and move to electronic means by mid-December. Investors will soon be provided with a portal that records share ownership and confirmation of changes to CHESS holding details, including an archive of statements ...

Shaw and Partners appoints sales lead

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 8 NOV 2021
Shaw and Partners has appointed a former Franklin Templeton and J.P. Morgan executive as director of sales and distribution, Australia. Matthew Jackson has taken on the role, responsible for strategy, business development and investor relations for ...

Hong Kong REIT buys Queen Victoria Building

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 8 NOV 2021
Hong Kong's Link REIT has snapped up stakes in some iconic Sydney buildings. It purchased a 50% interest in Queen Victoria Building, The Strand Arcade, and The Galeries - all retail buildings in Sydney's central business district. The transaction has ...

abrdn outlines climate change action plan

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 5 NOV 2021
The group has developed a strategy to halve the carbon intensity of the assets it manages by 2030 and to reach net zero in its own operations by 2040. The global asset management has adopted a strategy focused on Net Zero Directed Investing (NZDI) ...

Citi Securities Services, SimCorp sign deal

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 5 NOV 2021
Citi Securities Services has entered a strategic alliance that will see it integrate post-trade custody data with SimCorp for their mutual clients. SimCorp's technology and service solutions will collaborate with Citi's proprietary custody network across ...

Goldman Sachs promotes five in ANZ

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 NOV 2021
Five individuals at Goldman Sachs in Australia and New Zealand have been promoted as part of the firm's global managing director class of 2021. In an internal memo, Goldman Sachs Australia chief executive Simon Rothery congratulated Andrew Boak, Andrew ...

FASEA to reword Standard 3

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 NOV 2021
The Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority has opened a round of consultation to amend the wording of Standard 3. Following concerns raised by the industry, FASEA is now asking stakeholders what they want the wording of Standard 3 to state ...

Aussies in the dark over super stapling

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 1 NOV 2021
The majority of Australians are unaware of the effects of the Your Future, Your Super (YFYS) reforms and could potentially be stapled to an underperforming fund for good. The YFYS stapling requirement comes into effect today and will see around one ...

APRA to weed out underperforming choice products

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 29 OCT 2021
Choice products charge significantly higher and tend to underperform compared to MySuper options, new analysis by APRA finds. Ahead of unveiling the inaugural Choice Product Heatmap, the prudential regulator released staggering statistics that will ...

Financial services feels talent crunch

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2021
According to SEEK data, the number of unemployed people to each job vacancy is at an all-time low and financial services specialist recruiter Kaizen has confirmed the industry is also suffering a dearth of talent. In its most recent quarterly update ...