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Financial services exec embroiled in bribery scheme

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
... deliberate measures so his employee would not detect the bribery scheme, and even misled his employer's compliance team about the true role of the Ghana-based intermediary company. SEC Enforcement Division's FCPA Unit chief Charles Cain said Berko acted ...

Global markets bleed red

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
... Fargo all recording share price losses overnight (5.64%, 6.49%, 4.93% and 5.77% respectively). As earnings season reveals the true damage of COVID-19, Goldman Sachs disclosed its profits had plunged 46% in the last quarter. "Our quarterly profitability ...

What's next for income-focused funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020
... to Teh. "Not [changing] much, because I do run a high-income fund. Dividends will fall for most stocks we own and that is true across every other fund as well. We can still sustain the 7% income range, it is the option income that will do the heavy lifting ...

Will COVID-19 kill the balanced option?

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020
... an aspect of defensiveness, as we have seen over the last month, everything all of a sudden became correlated and the only true defensive was really cash," Geffin said. "The common theme in these disclosures is low cash and fixed income, and then allocating ...

Cashwerkz announces new chief executive

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2020
... in the industry and has a solid reputation for delivering high performance and putting customers first," Nantes said. "The true value of our marketplace solutions has significantly grown in the current environment, and Cashwerkz is well placed with Jon ...

Market recovery or dead cat bounce?

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2020
... to their allocation of equities because they are now underweight equities, due to global share price falls. "If that's true, then we should see this rally fade into the end of the week."

The week that was

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020
This week the world gained some clarity as to the true scale of the impact COVID-19 is likely to have which, in turn, made clearer the challenges the financial services industry will face in combating the pandemic's effects. However, greater uncertainty ...

The impact of COVID-19 on emerging markets

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2020
... should focus on individual companies rather than the benchmark. "Just ignore the index; it does not really represent the true picture of emerging markets," he said. "Our focus and way of constructing a portfolio is always bottom up; focus on companies ...

Take pride in super: Rice Warner

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2020
... superannuation to solve everything - some issues require broader measures," Rice Warner said. The firm said that while it was true low-income workers would "welcome" more disposable income, that responsibility rests with the tax and transfer system. ...

Factor investing, sustainability a perfect match

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2020
... types of companies." Robeco said this factor-led approach allows investors to meet their financial goals while also staying true to their ethical values. "This kind of approach enables quantitative asset managers to create an investment portfolio that ...