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Emerging market debt rebounds

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2020
... Mexico's 10.5% and South Africa's is -8.0%. "These countries, which typically grow at a decent rate, often define the general narrative for emerging markets as a whole," Godfrey said. "While these core countries are really in a quite a difficult position ...

PAN-Tribal signs distribution deal

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2020
... started PAN-Tribal Asset Management with his brother in 2014 after working in a variety of roles including as MLC's general manager for sales, UBS Global Asset Management's ANZ chief executive and later, as its head of third party distribution ...

Chief economist update: Ardern's ardour

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2020
... when Jacinda imposed Stage 4 restrictions - that closed down all non-essential services - on March 25. New Zealanders general compliance allowed the government to remove restrictions -- except border controls -- less than three months later (on June ...

AFP charges early release scammers

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2020
... (SFCT) in partnership with the AFP along with AUSTRAC, ASIC, Border Force, the Department of Home Affairs, the Attorney-General's Department and the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission to safeguard. ATO deputy commissioner and chief of the SFCT ...

Link Group hires new chief executive

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020
... in Link shares. His start date is yet to be announced. McMutrie will present the August 27 FY20 results and the annual general meeting on October 27. McMurtrie initially joined Link as a managing director in 2002. Prior to this, he had worked as UBS ...

IOOF divests Australian Ethical

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020
IOOF has sold its minority shareholding in Australian Ethical for $74.5 million. In an announcement to the ASX, IOOF said it has sold 14.2 million shares in Australian Ethical, reducing its stake to approximately 5.5 million shares. That reduces IOOF's ...

ASX reviewing CHESS replacement feedback

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2020
... physical shares into an electric format, as well as a move to T+5 settlement (subsequently lowered to T+2 in March 2016) and general efficiency and effectiveness of post-trade processing. The COVID-19 pandemic had seen a significant increase in trading ...

ERS scheme referred to Auditor-General

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2020
The Labor party has referred the government's Early Release of Superannuation scheme to the Auditor-General, citing administrative failures. Shadow Assistant Treasurer Stephen Jones sent the letter to the Auditor-General Grant Hehir asking him to review ...

Pershing convicted for client breaches

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2020
... breach where the transferring sale proceeds from international trading in client's securities from trust accounts into its general bank account. The second breach of the Act and occurred when Pershing failed to ensure that client money received was held ...

CFA Institute reveals new exam regime

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2020
The CFA Institute has bid farewell to paper-based exams and has announced more flexible and convenient scheduling. The move comes in what the CFA Institute says will turn the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic "into positive opportunities"; modernising ...