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Fidelity launches global fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2020
Fidelity International has launched an actively-managed global fund that invests in small- to mid-caps. The Fidelity Global Future Leaders Fund is jointly run by portfolio managers James Abela and Maroun Younes. The portfolio managers look to invest ...

BlackRock clamps down on work romances

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2020
BlackRock is urging its employees to disclose their involvement in office romances, as well as intimate relationships with anyone associated with the US$7.4 trillion asset manager, in a bid to crack down on conflicts of interest. BlackRock staff members ...

VGI Partners co-founder steps down from board

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2020
Former VGI Partners co-founder and head of research has resigned from the board on a technicality. Douglas Tynan resigned from his executive position at VGI Partners in June and signaled his intention to stay on the board and remain an investor in the ...

Chief economist update: UK's winter of discontent

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2020
"We had joy, we had fun We had seasons in the sun..." -Terry Jacks, 'Seasons in the Sun' The Brits certainly did. Just in time for summer, Prime Minister Boris Johnson declared on 30 April that the UK is "past its peak" of infections, published ...

ASIC, IOSCO report on debt capital raisings

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020
The corporate watchdog has released a report into its findings on debt capital raisings following two years of surveillance of market practices. ASIC's 668 Report noted that while a properly functioning debt capital market (DCM) is vital for the real ...

ASIC wealth director nabs promotion

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020
... aspects of regulation of the financial advice industry in Australia. Prior to her tenure with ASIC, Bird worked as an associate professor at Sydney University's Law School from 2010 to 2013, where she was responsible for teaching postgraduate and undergraduate ...

Westpac reaches $1.3bn AUSTRAC deal

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020
Westpac has agreed to pay a civil penalty of $1.3 billion in relation to its contraventions of the anti-money laundering and counter terrorism laws. As part of the agreement with AUSTRAC, Westpac has admitted to additional contraventions that were outlined ...

J.P. Morgan rolls out global accounting services

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2020
J.P. Morgan has begun moving its Australian customers over to its global accounting system, which will give local clients access to additional services. The move to the new accounting system, FIS' InvestOne, has been a multi-year project and seeks to ...

AMP Capital launches infra debt strategy

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2020
... built over the last two decades at AMP Capital to manage the strategy. AMP Capital has appointed Justin McRae as an associate director and Rob Fogarty as a fund controller, both internal hires, to work on the infrastructure debt Asia strategy in the ...

Retail fund satisfaction drops

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2020
Customer satisfaction will retail funds fell by 2.5% while satisfaction in industry funds rose 0.2%, according to new data from Roy Morgan's Superannuation Satisfaction Report. The report shows an overall super fund satisfaction with financial performance ...