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T. Rowe Price expands in Asia

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAR 2021
T. Rowe Price has expanded its research coverage with the establishment of a new office in Shanghai. The investment firm announced it opened the new research office following the establishment of a wholly foreign-owned enterprise, T. Rowe Price Investment ...

ASIC drags CommSec to court

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2021
... than $1 million. Both CommSec and AUSIEX are fully owned by the Commonwealth Bank, though AUSIEX was acquired Nomura Research Institute in April 2020 with the transaction yet to be finalised.

Shock statistics on gender gap on boards

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2021
... companies, 32.6% of directors are women and in 2020 women comprised 45.5% of new appointments to ASX 200 boards. The research also found that median superannuation balances for women at retirement are 21.6% lower than those for men.

Global investor confidence suffers

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2021
... declined, but by a smaller magnitude, falling 2.8 points to 93.3. State Street Associates head of investor behaviour research Rajeev Bhargava said the contraction was driven primarily by sharp declines in risk appetite from Europe's and Asia's institutional ...

Australian equities funds downgraded

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2021
... Trust, Bennelong Ex-20 Australian Equities and AB Managed Volatility Equities were all upgraded to silver from bronze. The research house upgraded VanEck for its "sound index construction", Eley Griffiths for its increased confidence in its ability to ...

CFOs gain clout in ESG metrics

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2021
... about 1517 finance leaders including chief financial officers from around the globe for the seventh iteration of its research on their changing roles. Of this, 96 were from Australian companies. Of the Australian chief financial officers, about 68% said ...

Most ethical companies revealed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2021
... innovative ways to make a difference. We congratulate their efforts," Ethisphere chief executive Timothy Erblich said. The research house refers to the 7.1% outperformance as the "ethics premium" and claims that it has remained consistent since it began ...

UK pension fund fossil fuel investments laid bare

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2021
... million people depending on local government pension funds across the UK. Derived from Freedom of Information requests, the research shows the pension funds for Greater Manchester, Strathclyde, West Yorkshire, and West Midlands account for nearly 25% ...

Public sector super satisfaction rises

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2021
Public sector superannuation fund members have come out as the most satisfied across all sectors, according to new research. Roy Morgan's latest Superannuation Satisfaction Report revealed member satisfaction in public sector funds reached a high ...

Aviva Investors appoints chief investment officer

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2021
... professionals working across funds management, asset management, development, transactions, origination, underwriting, research and business management. He joined Aviva Investors in 2018 as managing director, real estate and is a member of the real assets ...