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BNP Paribas wins China custody agreement

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 9 AUG 2021
... market." Philippe Kerdoncuff, head of BNP Paribas Securities Services, China added that the licence follows an expansion of the scope of China's qualified foreign investor program under a change of policy. "As constraints on foreign participation in ...

Evalesco acquires boutique firm

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 5 AUG 2021
... for clients. "Evalesco's growth creates more opportunities for our team and our clients. Our increased scale gives us scope to save clients fees with platforms and investment managers," Thurecht said. In addition, Evalesco appointed Dominic De Minaur ...

FIRB updates guidance

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2021
... exemption certificates may be available and the range of considerations that will be taken into account in determining the scope of certificates," El-Ansary said. "Fundamentally, we believe the new guidance delivers greater certainty and clarity for ...

CSLR raises concern among advisers

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUL 2021
... in circumstances where there has been a large or 'black swan' event relating to a financial firm providing an in-scope financial product or service," the government's proposal paper reads. The AFA said: "We are very concerned about the cost ...

Super fund awards first ESG mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUL 2021
... This is the first ESG mandate the super fund has awarded and, as First Super implements a Responsible Investing Policy, has scope to increase to $500 million. Cameron Hume was founded in 2011 and now has about US$1.02 billion in funds under management ...

Be ready for negative rates: APRA to ADIs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2021
... "In developing tactical solutions, APRA expects ADIs to consider all aspects of the products and activities that are in scope including customer communications and disclosures," a letter from APRA executive director, banking division Therese McCarthy ...

UK pension funds pushed to merge

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 28 JUN 2021
... portfolios. However, the average charge in the UK is significantly lower than other countries meaning there may be less scope for UK DC schemes to reduce charges by the same extent as a result of consolidation," the Department for Work and Pensions said. ...

Lumiant raises capital, adds to board

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUN 2021
... as ensuring advisers can easily adhere to know your customer and best interest duty requirements by letting the customer scope their advice."

AAT dismisses adviser ban appeal

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2021
... Federal Court upheld ASIC's appeal and set aside the AAT's decision. The Federal Court found the AAT interpreted the scope of sections 1041G and 1041H of the Corporations Act too narrowly and confirmed a broad scope of these prohibitions. The ...

Chief economist update: OECD upgrades global growth but advises continued policy support

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUN 2021
... spread of the virus. But elsewhere, including in many emerging-market economies where access to vaccines as well as the scope for government support are limited, the economic recovery will be modest," it said....and that considerable uncertainty surrounds ...