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Global dividend strength to continue: Plato

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2025
... yields from JPM Chase, BoA and HSBC. "Interestingly, although US bank yields are generally lower than those in Australia, the gap between the Commonwealth Bank and global banks is rapidly shrinking. In fact, for some banks like US Bancorp, investors ...

VanEck to launch 'next evolution' long short ETF

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2025
VanEck will list its first Australian equity long short ETF on the ASX, which aims to outperform the S&P/ASX 200. The VanEck Australian Long Short Complex ETF (ASX: ALFA) is an actively managed and high conviction Australian equity portfolio that targets ...

Why more women aren't in financial services

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2025
... women work part-time, but only 7% of manager roles are offered on a part-time basis. The WGEA said the data points to a large gap in promotional opportunities for those who don't work full-time. "A high proportion of Australian women work part-time (30% ...

January Capital raises $136m for APAC growth credit fund

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2024
... financing through senior secured loans on rising technology companies, with the firm aiming to capitalise on the growing funding gap in the region which has been "largely absent" compared to the US market. Prior to its first close, January Capital completed ...

Trustee valuation processes 'concerning': APRA review

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 17 DEC 2024
Many superannuation trustees have been told they must improve their valuation governance practices, with APRA finding just 11 have dedicated valuation committees while others involve staff members whose remuneration is tied to asset values in the process. ...

2025 economic outlook 'threatening': AMP

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2024
... valuations are less attractive, with the key US share market trading on a 26 times forward PE and the earnings yield bond yield gap is negative," Oliver said. "Australia is not bad at 20 times, but it's not cheap." Oliver added that uncertainty remains ...

More work to do on reportable situations compliance, ASIC says

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2024
Licensees are generally slow to report to ASIC because of deficient internal processes and poor monitoring of compliance with the reportable situations regime, a review found. Recent surveillance by ASIC found financial services and credit licensees ...

Half of advice, super complaints result in no remedy

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2024
ASIC has released its first publication of industry-wide data reported under the internal dispute resolution (IDR) data reporting framework, flagging concerns firms are not reporting data accurately. Under the IDR framework, most licensed financial ...

Regulators warn of possible issues with FAR reporting

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2024
APRA deputy chair Margaret Cole and ASIC deputy chair Sarah Court have sent a letter to superannuation trustees reminding them of their obligations under the Financial Accountability Regime (FAR) before it takes effect next year. The FAR commenced for ...

Macquarie fined $25m over 400 fake trades

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2024
The UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Macquarie Bank's London Branch (MBL) $25 million (£13m) for enabling one of its employees to record over 400 fictitious trades over a 20-month period. The fictitious trades also cost MBL an estimated ...