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T. Rowe Price shutters local fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2020
Great returns and a well-regarded portfolio manager were not enough to save the local version of T. Rowe Price's Asian equities ex Japan fund, which is shutting after outflows. The T. Rowe Price Asia ex-Japan fund is managed by Hong Kong-based Anh ...

Analyst views on ESG swing

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2020
... a minority of companies had ESG issues on their radar and 29% responded when asked if ESG was on the corporate agenda "no, not really". In 2020 the proportion of analysts who said "no, not really" to whether companies are taking ESG seriously was down ...

Industry fund bumps up premiums

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020
... of disablement is on or after 1 April 2020 and they meet other eligibility criteria. This will also apply to those who are not working when their disablement occurs but have a formalised agreement to commence employment in the future. Further, from April ...

FSC calls for CSLR claims cap

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020
... Council (FSC) has called for the government to cap compensation claims over financial misconduct at "reasonable levels" so as not to create a "moral hazard". In a submission to the Treasury's Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR), the FSC urged ...

AIA income protection premiums jump

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020
... to save up to 20% on premiums by "making healthy lifestyle choices" with AIA Vitality. The PDS is 204 pages long and does not include clear outlines of the fees clients can expect to pay with age and health conditions. AIA declined to provide further ...

SMSF auditors in firing line

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020
... standards and auditing standards, failing to comply with Continuing Professional Development (CPD) requirements and otherwise not being a fit and proper person." Philip Shugg from Victoria has been disqualified from being an SMSF auditor for "not being ...

CalPERS investment lead targeted by Congressman

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020
... (@RepJimBanks) February 13, 2020 In a Fox News interview, Banks doubled down on his comments, and said that while it "was not unusual in and of itself" for USD$3.1 billion to have been invested in Chinese companies, it was unusual which Chinese companies ...

Advisers choose remediation over advice

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020
... larger institutions will have lending remediation to go through as well," he said. That said, Gordon said the market's not as bad as it seems for financial advice roles. "There might not be the same volume of roles as there was two or three years ...

Chief economist update: COVID-19 could hit Australia with triple whammy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020
... freezes the computer's operating system, the coronavirus - renamed COVID-19 - has forced China into lockdown and slowed, if not completely frozen, economic activity in the country. But even without the government-mandated lockdown, consumers are ...

Short seller bites the dust

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2020
... executive Matthew Wiechert to Rural's lawyers stated the intention and showed confidence that Bonitas thought it could not be sued in Australia. Instead, Wiechert reminded his opponent of the US's strong freedom of speech laws and Rural's ...