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KLP divests Israeli-linked settlement firms

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUL 2021
... Discount Bank, Cellcom Israel and Paz Oil. Overall, their total assets add up to about $43 million (NOK275m). "Our assessment is that there is an unacceptable risk that the excluded companies will contribute to human rights violations in war and conflict ...

QSuper, IFM bid for Sydney Airport

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 5 JUL 2021
... impact of the pandemic. The boards will update security holders accordingly." The Sydney Airport board has commenced an assessment of the proposed offer and has appointed Barrenjoey and UBS as its financial advisers. The announcement comes ahead of the ...

Government to create ASIC, APRA regulator

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2021
... Investments Commission (ASIC) and the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA). Under the Financial Regulator Assessment Authority Bill 2021, based off the Hayne Royal Commission recommendations 6.13 and 6.14, the Financial Regulator Assessment ...

Industry mixed on YFYS

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUN 2021
... up to $1.8 billion in fees over the first three years," FSC chief executive Sally Loane said. "The new performance assessment will work alongside stapling to give Australians confidence that their superannuation is generating 'best in show' investment ...

Super funds back carbon startup

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUN 2021
... "However, before now, there was no credible or independent way to easily reconcile these concerns with an accurate assessment of businesses' exposure or strategies. This left a big gaping hole in the analytical toolkit." Aware Super head of responsible ...

Macquarie sweeps Investment Leadership Awards

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2021
... addition to pitting managers against their peers and examining performance over multiple time periods, the rigorous assessment factored in volatility, downside risk and performance ratios. "Investment managers that are leading their industry with exceptional ...

LIC restructures to ETMF

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUN 2021
... annum as of 31 May 2021, five-year returns of 9.7% after fees and nine-year returns of 12.2%. Shields was blunt in his assessment of the problems with LICs as structures and the issue of LICs trading at discount. He even went as far as to say it was ...

Chief economist update: Deflated expectations lift deflation expectations

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUN 2021
... in prices are likely to have only transitory effects on inflation". This is the complete opposite of the BOJ's assessment revealed in the "Summary of Opinions at the Monetary Policy Meeting on April 26 and 27, 2021", where it revealed that, "The ...

AUSTRAC investigates NAB, JBWere

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 7 JUN 2021
National Australia Bank and its subsidiaries, including JBWere, are allegedly failing their anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing obligations, according to AUSTRAC. The financial intelligence agency is investigating NAB's "potential ...

Super fund risk culture "immature": APRA

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAY 2021
... controls, responsibility and accountability, performance management and incentives, shared values and risk culture assessment. "It's no coincidence leadership is number one on the list; nothing influences an institution's risk culture more than the words ...