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BlackRock clamps down on work romances

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2020
... staff members were recently told to tell their superiors about romantic relationships with anyone connected to the group, not just personal relationships with colleagues. The new rules extend existing workplace policies to encompass the global fund manager's ...

More clarity on life insurance best interest duty needed: Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2020
... add features (and therefore complexity) to their products - in effect an 'arms race'." The report said these additions are not necessarily driven by customer needs and in many circumstances customers have only a superficial understanding of the full ...

Japanese bank makes major voting blunder

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2020
One of Japan's largest providers of shareholder services has admitted to a major operational blunder, after it failed to count 3.4 million postal votes for nearly 1000 companies ahead of their annual general meetings. Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank (SuMi ...

FCA reviews regulation of foreign financial services firms

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2020
... of and sit outside the European Economic Area (EEA), which consists of members of the European Union. The FCA said it does not propose to change existing rules or provisions in this consultation, rather aims to hear views on how it will assess foreign ...

Robeco extends exclusions

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2020
... all of Robeco's mutual funds, excluding client-specific funds and mandates but including sub-advised funds. "Investing is not only about creating wealth but also about contributing to wellbeing, and we are fully convinced that if you focus on sustainability ...

Responsible lending laws to be revoked

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2020
... the economy. Financial Rights Legal Centre chief executive Karen Cox said that Australians have too much debt right now and not enough income. "The government's solution is to take on more debt with fewer protections. Unsustainable debt hurts real people ...

Chief economist update: UK's winter of discontent

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2020
... If anything proves the saying, haste makes waste, this is it. The gains made in containing COVID-19 infections are wasted. Not only that, it's gonna cost more. UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak has been forced to top up his "A Plan for Jobs" ...

ASIC, IOSCO report on debt capital raisings

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020
... allocation of debt securities is essential; as is managing conflicts of interest and insuring information provided to investors is not misleading. ASIC commissioner Cathie Armour recommended that "all licensees should review ASIC's findings and consider ...

J.P. Morgan set to cough up US$1bn

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020
... complex scheme to trade precious metals in a way that negatively affected the natural balance of supply-and-demand," he said "Not only did their alleged behavior affect the markets for precious metals, but also correlated markets and the clients of the ...

Super funds squander member money: Bragg

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020
... wants to achieve; improving transparency of how members' money is spent; and lowering fees. He slammed super funds for not disclosing related-party payments made to trade unions for example, which are set to profit $31 million over a decade. He was ...