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Republican Party-themed ETF launches

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 1 SEP 2017
... or PACs that are "highly supportive of Republican candidates" being elected into office, documents filed with the US Securities Exchange Commission yesterday shows. The ETF is backed by Point Bridge Capital, an investment advisory services firm for high-net-worth ...

MetLife restructures US and UK operations

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2017
... announced in January 2016 and Brighthouse Financial was registered in October 2016 via a Form 10 filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. At the time of the announcement MetLife said it was continuing to "evaluate and pursue structural alternatives ...

Robo-advisers expected to meet fiduciary rule

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUN 2017
Robo-advisers in the US will be subject to the same fiduciary obligations as regular human advisers, the US Securities and Exchange Commission has said. According to reports the new chairman of the SEC, Jay Clayton, is directing the SEC Division of ...

Barclays refunds US$97m for overcharging clients

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2017
... to clients for misrepresenting services and overcharging advisory and mutual fund fees. An investigation by the US Securities and Exchange Commission found Barclays overbilled clients to the tune of US$50 million. It also failed to properly carry out ...

Financial advisers should consider bitcoin as an asset class: Dunworth

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 8 MAY 2017
... long shot in the last six out of seven years." The cryptocurrency was running hot up until two months ago when the US Securities and Exchange Commission decided against the launch of bitcoin ETFs, but Dunworth said it's about the long-term game. "A lot ...

AllianceBernstein sees global leadership shake-up

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAY 2017
... Seth Bernstein as president and chief executive, while Robert B. Zoellick will serve as chair. Filings with the US Securities and Exchange Commission show AXA removed nine directors from the board and replaced them with six members. New independent directors ...

Goldman Sachs launches junk bond ETF

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAR 2017
... planning to launch an ETF which will invest in high-yield corporate debt, according to documents filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. The ETF will track an index of dollar-denominated bonds sold by US or Canadian companies that have ...

Instos begin litigation against Volkswagen

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2016
... corporate governance reforms going forward at VW." CalSTRS pointed out that German securities litigation is unlike US securities class actions because shareholders in German companies are not entitled to a pro-rata share of recovery unless they affirmatively ...

ASIC user-pay model "eminently sensible": SEC veteran

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2016
... less politically-motivated regulator, according to former assistant director of the division of enforcement at the US Securities and Exchange Commission Jordan Thomas. Speaking to Financial Standard, Thomas, now chair of Labaton Sucharow's whistleblower ...

Australian system needs "substantial reassessment": SEC veteran

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2016
... light of news about a potential Royal Commission, former assistant director of the division of enforcement at the US Securities and Exchange Commission Jordan Thomas has said Australia's financial system could benefit from "substantial reassessment." ...