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Fidelity launches sustainable fund

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2020
Fidelity International has launched a new sustainable fund in Australia, set to provide investors with a source of diversification through its investment in a relatively unexplored sector. The Fidelity Sustainable Water and Waste Fund will deliver risk ...

Chief economist update: Australian Renaissance

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2020
"Renaissance is a French word meaning "rebirth." It refers to a period in European civilisation that was marked by a revival of Classical learning and wisdom. The Renaissance saw many contributions to different fields, including new scientific laws ...

SEC charges COVID-19 microcap scammers

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020
... is seeking "permanent injunctions, conduct based injunctions, disgorgement of allegedly ill-gotten gains plus interest, civil penalties, and penny stock bars".

Chief economist update: US labour market turns V-shaped

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2020
... workers. It's still early days. The hope is for continued improvement in the US labour market. The risk is that the current civil unrest, and the danger that it poses with regards to spreading the coronavirus, could force authorities to re-enforce ...

BlackRock drops fees on bond ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020
BlackRock has cut the fees on three fixed income ETFs for Australian investors, bringing them under 20bps per year each. The iShares Core Composite Bond ETF (IAF) will go from charging 20 bps per year in management fees to 15bps. Both iShares Government ...

BlackRock iShares launches two ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020
iShares today listed two exchange traded funds on the ASX that invest in Australian corporate bonds. The iShares Yield Plus ETF (IYLD) tracks a customised Bloomberg index that measures the performance of the Australian corporate bond market after excluding ...

US regulator settles with Ares

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2020
... credit strategies did not admit or deny the findings, but agreed to a cease-and-desist order, a censure and the US$1 million civil penalty. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) alleges that in 2016 Ares invested several hundred million dollars ...

Adviser bans fall

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... December2019, it recorded 55 financial services related results. Additionally, as at 1 January 2020, ASIC had 14 criminal and 58 civil financial services related matters still before the courts. "In the last Enforcement Update, published in August 2019 ...

ERS at risk of significant delays: ISA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2020
... into trouble," the ATO said. "Promoters of schemes encouraging the illegal early release of super may face prosecution and civil or criminal penalties." However, the ATO outlined that individuals are responsible for determining their own eligibility ...

Former ASIC lawyer joins private firm

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2020
... at ASIC, she was one of the senior managers responsible for running high-profile investigations and for launching related civil penalty proceedings. Tony Coburn, consultant and head of the Australian Banking Regulatory team at Herbert Smith Freehills ...