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Ares bids for AMP

ELIZA BAVIN | FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2020

AMP has confirmed Ares Management has made an offer to takeover 100% of AMP shares. AMP announced to the ASX that it has received an indicative, non-binding, conditional proposal from US-based Ares Management. The offer is to acquire 100% of the shares ...

Chief economist update: Europe, we have a problem

BENJAMIN ONG | THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2020

... re-spread. Based on World Health Organisation (WHO) tally, the total cases of infections to date have risen by 644% in France since the end of June; by 320% in Spain; 224% in the UK; 139% in Germany; and, 135% in Italy. No prizes for guessing but the ...

Bumpy quarter for AMP

KARREN VERGARA | THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2020

AMP has reported a tough September quarter that saw several clients exit, leaving many business units with lower cash flows. The latest quarterly update shows subsidiary AMP Capital lost $1.1 billion as a result of client redemptions and "run-off of ...

Australia among strongest on governance

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR | TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2020

... strengths of rules and practices in the country the businesses were based in. For example, Austria, Canada, Finland and France were found to have strong governance practices but weak rules in place. Meanwhile, Chile, Columbia, the UAE, Pakistan and Poland ...

Chief economist update: COVID-19 returns to Europe with a vengeance

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 19 OCT 2020

... "Mitigation measures from major EU economies largely focused on limiting social mixing and toughening existing restrictions. France, which has become the new hotspot by registering 30K new cases in one day, declared a state of emergency with night time ...

Chief economist update: Winter of Europe's discontent

BENJAMIN ONG | TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2020

... restrictions, residents will not be allowed to leave the area unless they must make an essential journey." "Meanwhile, France continued to grapple with more hospitalisations and tightened restrictions in the worst affected areas and could close restaurants ...

AMP flags redundancies

KARREN VERGARA | THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2020

AMP has confirmed that redundancies are on the horizon as the group makes transformational changes to its business and culture. The firm is currently undertaking changes to its global workforce in a bid to centralise some business services. "Our focus ...

Chief economist update: Dan defeats second wave

BENJAMIN ONG | TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2020

... yesterday, "European countries are likely to impose more restrictions on public life in the coming days, analysts said." France reported 10,569 new cases Sunday while the UK, reported almost 4000 new cases. Italy saw close to 1000 new infections and ...

Chief economist update: Global healing?

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 14 SEP 2020

... has been likened to a war. US president Trump called it "the invisible enemy", French head of state Macron declared that France was "at war", India's prime minister, Narendra Modi, compared it to Mahabharata (The Great War), and Chinese supremo ...

AMP swears it will change

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR | FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2020

AMP has committed to transforming its culture and building a "respectful and inclusive" workplace in the wake of a spate of scandals. Yesterday AMP announced a comprehensive workplace conduct review would be conducted by Symmetra - a consultancy that ...

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HUB24 shutters Xplore Wealth MDA services

ANDREW MCKEAN

HUB24 plans to shut down its Xplore Wealth Managed Discretionary Account (MDA) services next year, with discussions underway with financial advisers to explore alternative options.

Ethical investment holdings double: CoreData

ANDREW MCKEAN

The number of high-net-worth (HNW), core affluent, and mass affluent investors holding ethical and sustainable investments has roughly doubled over the past year, according CoreData.

VanEck to launch 'next evolution' long short ETF

MATTHEW WAI

VanEck will list its first Australian equity long short ETF on the ASX, which aims to outperform the S&P/ASX 200.

Vanguard fined US$106m for investors' massive tax bill

KARREN VERGARA

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged Vanguard US$106.4 million for "materially misleading" investors in the Investor Target Retirement Funds (Investor TRFs) about their future tax liabilities.

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