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Clearstream rebrands Australian acquisition

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2020
The $14 trillion post-trade securities service provider has rebranded an Australian managed funds business that it acquired in July last year. Sydney-based Ausmaq will be renamed Clearstream Australia from June 1, and will provide custody and administrative ...

Hong Kong financial hub status at risk

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2020
... "No reasonable person can assert today that Hong Kong maintains a high degree of autonomy from China, given facts on the ground." Chinese officials have argued the matter is domestic issue and the new security laws are of no threat to Hong Kong autonomy. ...

Chief economist update: Australia needs China more than it needs us

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2020
... figures for 2018). China wins... the economic war. Just as I've written days before: China may lose the moral high ground but it'll certainly come out on top should the bilateral trade between Beijing and Canberra stops completely.

AMP Capital cuts fees on equities fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2020
AMP Capital has dropped the management fees on its ESG-focused equities fund by 15bps, while also updating its screening thresholds. The AMP Capital Sustainable Share Fund will shift from charging 70 bps per year to 55 bps per year. It has tightened ...

Chief economist update: China's beef with Australia

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2020
... FY2017/18 based on DFAT numbers) and spending only A$71.3 billion on imports from China. China may lose the moral high ground but it'll certainly come out on top should the bilateral trade between Beijing and Canberra stops completely.

ASIC delivers thinly veiled warning

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020
ASIC has warned consumers about advertising that compares fixed-term investment products to bank term deposits, the issue it is pursuing Mayfair 101 over. ASIC said a surge in marketing of fixed-term investment products in recent months had prompted ...

Darwinian time for super

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
With COVID-19 rapidly shifting the ground beneath them, only the fittest superannuation funds will survive, according to Hostplus' Paul Watson. Appearing as part of a virtual panel discussing mergers in super, Hostplus group executive member experience ...

QSuper not to appeal AFCA win

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
The $110 billion superannuation fund has decided to not appeal a Federal Court order upholding an AFCA decision but says it creates further obligations for superannuation trustees. In April, QSuper's board appealed unsuccessfully to the Federal ...

Investment approaches in change phase

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... were evolving their practices into TPA and WTW senior consultant Tim Unger said the COVID-19 crisis is the perfect testing ground. Unger said that while the more traditional approach of using benchmarks to assess performance, and measuring success by ...

Bitcoin bonanza amid COVID-19 crisis

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2020
... opportunity to buy potentially oversold and discounted stocks and assets, and have helped the market recover some lost ground." While the S&P 500 has lifted 25% since its March lows, Bitcoin has surged just shy of 50% over a similar time frame, De Corrado ...