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CFA Institute launches new ESG standard

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 NOV 2021
CFA Institute launched the Global ESG Disclosure Standards for Investment Products, a new standard designed to facilitate more accurate evaluation of ESG investment products. The standards are voluntary and can be applied to all investment vehicles ...

Green office buildings command 18% premium

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 26 OCT 2021
Institutional property investors might be able to flip entire office buildings for a profit as effectively as renovation-loving homeowners, so long as they go green. That is according to new research from Knight Frank, which found office buildings in ...

Former Spectrum chief cops additional bans

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 OCT 2021
... could no longer meet a key person requirement for its AFSL. In 2018 Freedom said it would try to divest Spectrum, but no buyer ever eventuated.

Scariest themes for investors revealed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 OCT 2021
... slowdown could be imminent. And 40% of investors say China's slowdown is a big deal globally as China has been the marginal buyer and price setter in many physical and financial markets. However, 40% say the slowdown is primarily of concern for Australia ...

Lending curbs to impact housing market

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 30 SEP 2021
The Reserve Bank of Australia has suggested it may shift policy to cool the property market in 2022, likely to result in homebuyers being able to borrow less. BuyersBuyers co-founder Pete Wargent said that this time around the rules will mostly impact ...

Tax incentive could boost affordable housing: ISA

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 27 SEP 2021
In its submission to the federal government's inquiry into housing affordability, Industry Super Australia has suggested superannuation funds could play a key role in creating more affordable housing. "Simply increasing overall housing stock will not ...

Monster trade in BlackRock's IOZ

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 SEP 2021
A mystery buyer bought $370 million worth of IOZ units, in a trade size not often seen in Australian ETFs. IOZ tracks the ASX S&P 200 and the trade arrived pre-market open on Friday. Citi handled the trade and confirmed it was involved and facilitated ...

Delta to impact real estate market: Analysis

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 AUG 2021
According to new analysis, the Delta strain of COVID-19 could change Australia's housing landscape dramatically. The research comes from BuyersBuyers, a property buyers agency network, and RiskWise and looks to examples overseas to predict how Australia ...

QSuper head moves to AMP

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 9 AUG 2021
... our customers, advisers and the business," she said. The appointment comes after AMP announced it is putting an end to all Buyer of Last Resort (BOLR) arrangements and has created a new service model for its aligned network.

AMP sued over corporate super misconduct

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUL 2021
... earlier this month however, with the regulator confirming it was dropping a criminal investigation related to the group's Buyer of Last Resort Policy and the way in which AMP continued to charge orphaned advice clients despite having no adviser.