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Shariah-compliant ETF launches

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2020
A Shariah-compliant global equity ETF, touted as the world's first, has listed on the London Stock Exchange. The actively managed Almalia Sanlam Active Shariah Global Equity UCITS ETF (AMAL) aims to achieve capital growth over the medium to long ...

Manipulative trading at J.P. Morgan costs it over $1bn

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2020
... an agreement with the US Department of Justice, the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the US Securities and Exchange Commission. The agreements with the three government agencies resolve investigations into historical manipulative trading practices ...

ASX director retires

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2020
... ASX after more than 14 years of service, having joined the board in 2006 following its merger with the Sydney Futures Exchange. Announcing Peter Warne's retirement during the exchange's annual general meeting today, chair Rick Holliday-Smith ...

ETFs undermine product comparison: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2020
The proliferation of products in the booming exchange-traded funds market is confusing investors and making it impossible to make like-for-like comparisons. New research from the US shows the exchange-traded product industry operates opaquely on many ...

Advisers shift to ETFs from active managers: VanEck

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2020
Financial advisers are increasingly using exchange traded funds (ETFs) over concerns about the cost and performance of actively managed funds, according to VanEck. VanEck's fifth annual smart beta survey revealed 87% of advisers use ETFs in client ...

S&P launches sustainable versions of flagship indices

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2020
... addition, BlackRock's iShares selected and licensed the indices to deliver sustainable investing alternatives for its exchange-traded funds in the US. iShares global head of product at BlackRock Carolyn Weinberg said she was excited to launch iShares ...

ASIC, IOSCO report on debt capital raisings

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020
... prohibitions of various sections of the Corporations Act. These include "laddering"; providing a preferred allocation in exchange for agreement to place orders in the after-market, which it argued could breach part 7.10 of the Corporations Act and prohibitions ...

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

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020
... would squash investigations by the US Justice Department, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission into whether traders rigged markets. This would be a record penalty for spoofing, an illegal form of market ...

Microcap manipulators caught out

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020
A ring of microcap share manipulators have had their assets frozen by the Securities and Exchange Commission after procuring US$9 million in illegal profits by defrauding retail investors. The SEC alleged in a complaint that between 2013 and 2017 Ongkaruck ...

Chief economist update: RBA negative on negative interest rate policy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2020
... target for the three-year bond, but additional purchases could occur further out the curve on a regular basis. (2) Foreign exchange intervention is another potential policy option. However, with the Australian dollar broadly aligned with its fundamentals ...