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ASIC chair steps aside pending pay review

JAMIE WILLIAMSON, KANIKA SOOD, ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2020
... the chair has agreed to voluntarily reimburse ASIC for certain expenses ASIC paid following his 2018 relocation from the United States of America. The amount of the reimbursement is $118,557 (includes GST)," the papers state. Not reimbursing the payments ...

American manager eyes local market

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2020
... Partners is 15-year-old quantitative investor that manages money for institutional, endowment and private investors in United States and Europe. The strategy it is pitching to Australia and New Zealand investors with Brookvine is called Welton Global ...

Northern Trust scores $20bn mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2020
... environmental social and governance (ESG) risk exposures through its ESG Insights service. The scheme became a signatory to the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI) in 2010. M&SPT head and chief investment officer Simon Lee said ...

Powerwrap delists, Praemium takes over

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2020
... from those in the Australian platform market including being the only adviser platform that operates in Australia, the United Kingdom and various other offshore markets. "The transformation of Powerwrap over the last two and a half years has now positioned ...

AMP Capital included in UNPRI Leaders Group

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2020
... controversy has rocked the investment manager. AMP Capital was named alongside 16 asset owners and 20 investment managers in the United Nations' Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) Leaders' Group 2020, all celebrated for their responsible ...

Superhero sets eyes on managed accounts

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2020
... argues that Superhero has helped commoditise the trading arena, following in the footsteps of significant players in the United States. "It's very hard to justify a stockbroker charging 1% to put a trade through (execution only without advice) when ...

Government declares record deficit, super reforms

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2020
... time," Frydenberg said. "By comparison, Australia's net debt as a share of the economy will peak at half of that in the United Kingdom, around a third of that in the United States and around a quarter of that in Japan today." Laying out the Morrison ...

Benchmark-lagging LIC faces strategic review

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2020
... included Wheaton Precious Materials (3.7%), Roche (3.5%), Bayer (3.5%), Samsung (3.4%), Kroger (3.3%), Comcast (3.3%), United Parcel Service (3.3%), Verizon Communications (3%, Taiwan Semiconductor (2.8%) and Sony (2.7%). A spokesperson for the fund ...

GMO launches global equities fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2020
... Group, Accenture, Coca-Cola, Oracle, Johnson & Johnson, Facebook and Medtronic. Geographically, 83% of its holdings are from United States, followed by 4.1% in United Kingdom, 3.6% in Switzerland, 3.5% in Germany and 2.8% in Taiwan. The biggest sectors ...

MSCI launches UN SDG alignment tool

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2020
MSCI has launched a tool that assesses companies' compatibility with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. The MSCI SDG Alignment Tool examines a company's operations, products, services, policies and practices, and determines its ...