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APRA takes action against Westpac

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2020
... at September 30, and an NSFR of 121.7%. The breaches have been rectified and do not raise concerns over the bank's overall liquidity position, but they do demonstrate weakness in risk management and oversight, risk control frameworks and risk culture ...

Finance is least ethical sector: Governance Institute

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2020
... is perceived as the most ethical at 76% with the health industry slightly behind at 75%. Furthermore, Australia's overall ethical rating reached a new high of 52% from 37% in 2019. "It seems that a year of hardship, in which co-operation, trust and ...

FASEA reveals October exam results

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2020
... statistics, which show 76% of advisers passed the October sitting. There were 625 advisers who sat the most recent exam. The overall pass rate of 76% may be attributed to several factors, FASEA said, noting that the October exam attracted a much smaller ...

Aware Super cuts carbon emissions by 40%

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2020
... Aware's new benchmarks returns an average of 7% per annum over the past 20 years, compared to an 8.5% return for the ASX overall. "In just the first month we have already seen a 40% reduction in carbon emissions from our listed equities portfolio, a ...

Retail superannuation funds grilled on member priorities

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2020
... Vanguard's decision to pull its mandate with OnePath and enter the retail super business. In answering if OnePath's overall aim is to return a profit to its owner IOOF over the long term, Weeks said the primary goal is to act in members' ...

ESG bringing the family together

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2020
... of urgency for charitable giving and accelerated the growing interest in sustainable investing," the report said. But overall, Barclays Private Bank said, HNW investors using sustainable investing in portfolios as well as unifying the family, can enable ...

Vanguard, Fidelity, BetaShares rank low on ESG: Report

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2020
... New research from Morningstar has attempted to wade through the greenwashing in funds management based on managers' overall commitment - with some surprising results. The research looked at more than 100 strategies and 40 asset managers to provide ...

Pan-Asian equities to perform well: Longlead

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2020
... strong interest from institutional investors, superannuation funds and sophisticated investors, looking to increase their overall allocation to the Pan-Asian region." "This is driven by the region's positive economic fundamentals, as well as Asia's compelling ...

Chief economist update: The virus, the vaccine and Trump

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2020
... who to this day still refuses to concede, crying that he's been cheated. Trump's refusal to concede just adds to overall uncertainty in the US economy in the very near term at least, until Joe Biden assumes office on 20 January 2021.

Clime to wind up Australian value fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2020
... developments, there is a high degree of uncertainty and therefore it is not possible to predict the extent and nature of the overall impact on the fund. "In this environment it is considered that it is unlikely that the fund will reach sufficient scale ...