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APRA commends super funds on tough year

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2021
... said. "Increased emphasis on information-sharing and collaboration with peer agencies, particularly the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), was also prioritised." Byres said COVID-19 required APRA to adopt a broad perspective when ...

Another glitch for the ASX

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2021
The Australian Securities Exchange is experiencing more technical problems following a glitch that resulted in halted trading on ASX Trade in November. The ASX has notified investors and market participants of delays in market announcements, with the ...

Australians Googling for advice

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2021
... nine of the 20 most engaged with stories covered improper conduct. The latter related, in the main, to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission's letter to peak real estate bodies asking them to remind real estate agents that they were unqualified ...

High Court dismisses Westpac appeal

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2021
... 2013 and September 2016. Westpac won the original case in December 2018, with the Federal Court ruling that Westpac Securities Administration Limited (WSAL) and BT Funds Management (BTFM) had breached the Corporations Act when recommending customers ...

New trading platform to launch

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2021
... long term is via the platform's partnership with ETF providers. Pearler works in partnership with eInvest, ETF Securities and VanEck, offering 43 ETF products. Pearler was founded by a Sydney-based trio about two years ago after noticing a slew of ...

Sequoia completes acquisitions

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2021
... Sequoia has acquired the first of three customer books, First Option Financial Management, via its subsidiary Interprac Securities. Sequoia announced in December its intention to acquire the books of Interprac authorized representatives First Option ...

ASIC policy on debenture trustees inconsistent: MSC

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2021
ASIC has applied its policies for trustees inconsistently and scared away participants, Melbourne Securities Corporation told the corporate bonds market enquiry. The MSC Group provides trustee services to debenture issues, among other trustee, advisory ...

GQG sees spectacular FUM growth

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2021
... local AUD Global Equity Fund, which is managed by chair and chief investment officer Rajiv Jain and holds about 45 securities, returned 9.27% last year compared to the 6.15% from the benchmark MSCI ACWI ex tobacco.

Chief economist update: Taper talks are premature

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2021
... moderately exceed 2% for some time." "In addition, the Federal Reserve will continue to increase its holdings of Treasury securities by at least $80 billion per month and of agency mortgage-backed securities by at least $40 billion per month until substantial ...

BlackRock reinforces commitment to ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2021
... that in response, BlackRock has implemented a "heightened scrutiny" in active portfolios as a framework for managing securities that pose significant climate risk. "We expect the issuers we invest in on our clients' behalf to be adequately managing the ...