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Japanese bank makes major voting blunder

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2020
... the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. "SuMi TRUST Bank and JaSt have, in consultation with external law firms, conducted a review into the appropriateness of the forward processing implemented by JaSt, and come to the final conclusion that the voting rights ...

FCA reviews regulation of foreign financial services firms

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2020
The Financial Conduct Authority is reassessing how it should authorise and supervise foreign firms providing financial services in the UK as the Brexit transition period ends. The FCA announced it launched the consultation process in anticipating an ...

ASIC, IOSCO report on debt capital raisings

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020
... information provided to investors is not misleading. ASIC commissioner Cathie Armour recommended that "all licensees should review ASIC's findings and consider whether their controls for the allocation process in DCM transactions - including policies ...

Chief economist update: October rate cut?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020
... July 21. These are totally rationale reactions to the prospect for cheaper cost of credit. For as the Australian Financial Review (AFR) puts it: "the market was pricing in the possibility that the Reserve Bank will lower the overnight cash rate and the ...

Westpac reaches $1.3bn AUSTRAC deal

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020
... of recommendations from the reviews that have been conducted." In June, Westpac released the findings from an internal review of its compliance issues as well as the advisory panel report on governance and accountability in which King admitted the bank's ...

J.P. Morgan rolls out global accounting services

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2020
... their processes. "The availability of our NAV analytics capability is critical to providing our clients with the ability to review unit prices and reduce the need to develop tools on their end to validate the unit pricing we submit," Paparo said. "The ...

ASIC cleans up 'cash plus' funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2020
ASIC found 14 'cash' funds with $7 billion in assets had confusing or inappropriate labelling, resulting in changes to names, asset allocations or in one case, even a closure. The corporate regulator found some funds that labelled themselves as 'cash ...

Ethical super fund overhauls fees

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2020
An ethical superannuation fund which targets young, socially aware people has overhauled its investment and administration fees. Cruelty Free Super will change its fees from 1 October 2020, in a move that the fund says should lower the cost over all ...

Government increases fees for foreign investment

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2020
Treasury has announced another tranche of reforms to the Foreign Investment Review (FIRB) Framework. The latest reforms amend the fee framework, increasing fees for foreign investment applications for commercial businesses, agricultural land and residential ...

ASIC puts SMSF auditors on notice

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2020
... will also have to certify his independence to ASIC periodically and have an ASIC approved independent quality reviewer review three of his SMSF audits. The extra conditions applied to Wong include providing evidence of compliance with continuing professional ...