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Ethical, sustainable ETFs top $9bn

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2023
... responsible investments director Greg Liddell. "It's a bit of a barbell, to tell the truth," Liddell said. "The ethical funds - ETHI and FAIR - are attracting funds under management, but if you look at the fund launches, thematic funds are dominating ...

Rowe joins Kofkin Bond & Co

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2023
Former Countplus chief executive Matthew Rowe is now chair of the firm's advisory board. Rowe has been working with the company for several months now, with Kofkin Bond & Co making the announcement late last week. "As Kofkin Bond & Co continually expands ...

TPB bans PwC partner over breach

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 23 JAN 2023
The Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) has barred former PwC head of international tax Peter-John Collins for integrity breaches. The deregistration, which includes a two-year ban on Collins becoming a registered tax practitioner, followed an investigation ...

Australian Ethical flows driven by super

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 23 JAN 2023
In an ASX announcement, Australian Ethical reported positive quarterly net flows ($0.16 billion) driven by superannuation flows. Super flows accounted for $0.15 billion of Australian Ethical's quarterly net flows. Meanwhile, managed fund flows were ...

Industry fund tops personal super tables

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2023
Research by Rainmaker Information shows that an industry fund has the best performing personal super investment option, as at 30 November 2022. Hostplus Personal - Balanced option ranked first in Rainmaker's last superannuation performance tables ...

FSC releases claims handling standard for super funds

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 JAN 2023
The Financial Services Council (FSC) has released an enforceable standard for handling group life insurance claims in superannuation. The FSC's new standard replaces existing voluntary guidance and sets a minimum level of service that consumers can ...

ASIC takes action against more greenwashing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 10 JAN 2023
ASIC has continued its crackdown on greenwashing, having recently fined two more entities over alleged false or misleading statements. Earlier this month, ASIC announced it fined superannuation trustee Diversa Trustees $13,320. Diversa is the issuer ...

MySuper heatmap reveals sub-par products

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2022
The annual MySuper heatmap shows there are six products that had significantly poor performance in relation to the benchmark. EISS Super's MySuper option, Colonial First State FirstChoice Employer Super, BT Super MySuper, Westpac Group Plan MySuper ...

Latest adviser exams see 57% pass rate

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2022
Just over half of the candidates who sat the November exam passed, revealed ASIC. ASIC released the 19th cycle Financial Advisers Exam results and said, of the 282 candidates who sat the test, only 161 (57%) were approved. It explained 57% sat the test ...

ALRC should prioritise advice regulations: FPA

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2022
The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) has said the Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) should prioritise advice regulations in its ongoing review of financial services law. In its latest submission to the ALRC review of the Legislative ...