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ASX shifts slightly on Credit Suisse, First Republic

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAR 2023
The ASX rebounded slightly this morning following the overnight bailouts of First Republic Bank and Credit Suisse, but has since remained unsteady. This mornings slight jump - 0.3% - was pretty modest, CommSec senior economist Ryan Felsman told Financial ...

Credit Suisse, oil prices see ASX fall: CommSec

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2023
... separate issue from the United States and Silicon Valley Bank fallout which caused US regional banks to slump. "First Republic Bank, which seems to be at the forefront of investors' minds in the US at the moment, its share price was down over 20% ...

US agencies act to prevent crisis

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 13 MAR 2023
... International Equities LIC has about 2% of its portfolio in the bank. It said it is monitoring its 2% position in First Republic Bank, its only other US bank holding, closely.

ESG impacts on US pension funds tested

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2023
There is no difference between investment returns for US state pension funds in "blue" states that might be more likely to integrate ESG investment principles and "red" states that are more likely to ban ESG investment strategies, according to Rainmaker ...

Goldman Sachs charged over ESG failures

JAMIE WILLIAMSON, RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2022
Goldman Sachs Asset Management is paying US$4 million to settle charges brought by the US regulator over failures involving ESG research used to select investments. It comes as the US government reverses limitations placed on some pension funds in relation ...

BlackRock expands proxy voting to retail investors

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2022
BlackRock will allow individual investors in select mutual funds in the UK to engage in proxy voting via its technology platform Voting Choice. BlackRock chair and chief executive Larry Fink said it's clear investors don't want to sit on the ...

Industry surveyed for Asia Region Funds Passport review

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2022
... the industry's decisions about the passport. As member economies, fund managers in Japan, New Zealand, Thailand and the Republic of Korea have also been asked to participate. It was decided by the Joint Committee of the Asia Region Funds Passport in ...

Frontier opens Japan office

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2022
... across Japan, the US and UK. Takayama will also be focused on driving opportunities in other Asian nations, including the Republic of Korea, Frontier said. "It's a great sign of confidence that someone of Alex's standing and experience is keen ...

New study on precious metal hedge

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 4 FEB 2022
... from Rennes School of Business in France and Sang Hoon Kang and Seong-Min Yoon from Pusan National University in the Republic of Korea recently published their findings in the Applied Economics journal. "What precious metal commodities most largely spillover ...

Citi adds to APAC leadership

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 18 JAN 2022
... replace Munir Nanji, who has taken a new role as head of the Central Europe Cluster and Citi country officer for Czech Republic. Choe will report to Marc Merlino, global head of GSG based in New York, and Kaleem Rizvi, Asia Pacific head of corporate ...