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Chief economist update: UK not there yet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUN 2021
... June monetary policy committee meeting. "The MPC voted unanimously to maintain Bank Rate at 0.1%... and to maintain the stock of sterling non-financial investment-grade corporate bond purchases, financed by the issuance of central bank reserves, at £20 ...

ClearBridge launches unhedged fund

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUN 2021
... traditionally manage their own currency risk," ClearBridge Investments portfolio manager Charles Hamieh said. The top five stock holdings are Atlas Arteria, Exelon Corp, Clearway Energy, SSE and Sydney Airport. The $403 million hedged version of the ...

Fidante readies new boutique

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 21 JUN 2021
Challenger's multi-boutique business has signed a new emerging markets manager, Financial Standard understands. Ox Capital Management will invest in emerging markets securities, with Fidante as a shareholder and distribution and infrastructure provider. ...

Advisers turn to ETFs during COVID

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 21 JUN 2021
Financial advisers' appetite for exchange-traded funds has more than doubled since the global pandemic hit as new trading data shows that index funds are providing better means of diversification. AUSIEX research found that before COVID-19, one ...

Goodments by Douugh now in Australia

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2021
US-based investing app Goodments by Douugh is now available in Australia, offering brokerage-free access to US stocks and ETFs. Goodments was founded in 2017 by former ANZ financial adviser Tom Culver and then-Leo Burnett advertising executive Emily ...

Maine forces pension funds to dump fossil fuels

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2021
... increasing its investments in coal in recent years, with analysis of its holdings showing acquisitions of coal outpaced its coal stock sales two to one in Q4 of the 2020 calendar year.

FinClear to acquire BNY subsidiary

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUN 2021
BNY Mellon is offloading its local execution and settlements business to FinClear for an undisclosed amount. FinClear is set to takeover Pershing Securities Australia in a bid to scale and enhance Holder Identification Number (HIN)-based platform services. ...

Halifax auditors face criminal charges

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUN 2021
Audits of defunct stockbroker Halifax have resulted in the first criminal charges ever laid in Australia for failure to comply with auditing standards. EC Audit and its director Robert Evett have been charged with breaches of auditing standards and ...

AUSIEX launches, announces leadership team

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUN 2021
... provide solutions to the operating challenges facing financial institutions and intermediaries across Australia." Tokyo Stock Exchange-listed Nomura Research Institute flagged its intentions to acquire CAS in April 2020. CAS is separate to CommSec's ...

BlackRock rejigs Aussie shares fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 7 JUN 2021
BlackRock is changing the name and fees for the BlackRock Concentrated Industrial Shares strategy. Effective June 1, the fund was renamed to BlackRock High Conviction Australian Equity Fund. The strategy has about $700 million in total assets, of which ...