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Pension fund pushes for independent chair at Berkshire Hathaway

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 22 APR 2022
... governance, plain and simple. Public companies should not be run like private firms. Of course, investors can sell their securities if they are dissatisfied with management, but that is not the only option. We can instead assert our rights as shareholders ...

Australia's first-ever Bitcoin ETF to launch next week

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2022
... The race to be the first physically backed Bitcoin ETF in Australia will be between Cosmos Asset Management and ETF Securities. However, these new developments come with interesting caveats. Unlike other global Bitcoin ETFs, Cosmos Asset Management won't ...

SEC rules against Amazon pension case

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2022
The US Securities and Exchange Commission ruled against Amazon's no-action motion to exclude a shareholder resolution asking the company to prepare a report on how employee retirement savings are invested. The shareholder resolution, brought by activist ...

New head of markets, securities services at HSBC

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2022
HSBC has announced the appointment of two executives, a head of markets and securities services for Australia and New Zealand and a head of global banking for Australia. Nick Wheeler has been promoted from within HSBC to head of markets and securities ...

FSC offers guidance on divesting Russia

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2022
... public market assets such as listed equities, hard currency and local currency Russian sovereign debt, and fixed income securities issued by Russian corporations. They also include private market assets domiciled in Russia such as private equity or unlisted ...

Superhero to offer Qantas points

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2022
... in worldwide work on the changing landscape of retail trading markets as part of the International Organization of Securities Commissions Retail Market Conduct Task Force. The Task Force has identified several emerging concerns coinciding with the unprecedented ...

Regulators fret over hobby traders

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2022
Globally, securities regulators are concerned about the boom in retail trading markets and are joining forces to address the issue. The International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) has published a consultation paper on retail market ...

SEC to standardise climate disclosures

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2022
In a significant change, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposes all entities it regulates should have to disclose climate change-related factors including greenhouse gas emissions. The proposal would mean companies regulated by the ...

Disclosure lacking in common ownership: Committee

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2022
... stakeholders were trying to explain to it - that there is no evidence whatsoever that so-called common ownership of securities creates any governance problems," Dunnin said. "Reinforcing this, the narrative in the report appears to struggle to advance ...

ASIC opens CCIV licensing consultation

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2022
... AFSLs wanting to apply and operate a CCIV and those seeking to provide financial product advice on and/or deal in CCIV securities. It also looks at the administration of licensee obligations that apply to CCIV corporate directors. ASIC oversees licensing ...