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BNY Mellon subsidiary to pay US$1.5m over ESG misstatements

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2022
BNY Mellon Investment Adviser will pay US$1.5 million to settle charges brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for misstatements and omissions about ESG considerations in making investment decisions for certain mutual funds that it ...

Allianz subsidiary, former portfolio managers charged over massive fraud

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2022
... multi-billion-dollar securities fraud sold to pension funds that went on for more than four years. The Securities and Exchange Commission charged Allianz Global Investors and three former senior portfolio managers over the "Structured Alpha" strategy ...

Pension fund sues Elon Musk, Twitter

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2022
... a share. He intends for the acquisition to be completed this year. Documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission late last week show Musk having raised about US$7 billion to put towards the deal. The Qatar state investment fund is now supporting ...

Government welcomes ATO family trust guidance

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2022
... out of a reimbursement agreement. Sukkar noted that the ATO's clarification that ordinary advice services provided in exchange for an advisory fee are not subject to the promoter penalty provisions will also be welcomed. "While these are important clarifications ...

SEC rules against Amazon pension case

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2022
The US Securities and Exchange Commission ruled against Amazon's no-action motion to exclude a shareholder resolution asking the company to prepare a report on how employee retirement savings are invested. The shareholder resolution, brought by activist ...

SEC to standardise climate disclosures

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2022
In a significant change, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposes all entities it regulates should have to disclose climate change-related factors including greenhouse gas emissions. The proposal would mean companies regulated by the ...

ASIC to strengthen market integrity rules

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2022
... obligation is due to be rolled out, while the requirement for client authorisations to be in writing for block trade and exchange for physical orders is due to be removed. Some of the amendments will take place as early as June 10. ASIC commissioner ...

Direct indexing: The next evolution?

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2022
... involves directly investing in the actual securities that make up an index. This approach is dissimilar from investing in exchange-traded funds (ETFs), that track an index or mutual funds that follow a benchmark index. Direct indexing allows investors ...

Insto investors tempted by crypto

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JAN 2022
... while 12% also highlighted the carbon footprint of Bitcoin and other currencies. In the US, the Securities and Exchange Commission is pushing to be given increased powers in policing crypto trading, lending and platforms. According to the survey, if ...

APRA, ASIC provide annual update

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 16 DEC 2021
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) have released their annual engagement update for 2021. Reinforcing Australia's twin peaks model of regulation, the agencies said they ...