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Advice firm targets teen financial literacy

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 JAN 2022
... nor sort out their super nor tax. It's entirely theoretical and lacking. We can fill in ALL of these gaps in a very short period of time, and can offer increasing value the more exposure we have to each child," he said. With the right skills and ...

Shoddy exam feedback fuels adviser stress

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 DEC 2021
... available. Fifty-eight percent of the 2129 advisers who sat the recent November exam failed - the highest fail rate in the short history of the exams. The pass rate continues to deteriorate from as high as 88% to 69% and 60% in 2021. Advisers Financial ...

Pension scheme, UBS divest energy companies

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 21 DEC 2021
... somewhere. The five companies being excluded have not done enough to convince us that we should remain shareholders. "The new short-term climate target we're announcing today should demonstrate not only our commitment on becoming net zero, but also that ...

Plato readies new ESG strategies

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 17 DEC 2021
... Investment Management has been meeting with institutional investors in recent weeks to discuss its upcoming Net Zero Carbon Long Short Global Equities Fund and Low Carbon Long Only Global Equities Fund. Both strategies have been seeded and incubated ...

Sustainability will send some broke: Research

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 17 DEC 2021
Efforts to become more sustainable will challenge many firms and perhaps even bankrupt some, experts from MFS Investment Management have noted. In a new research note, MFS global investment strategist Robert Almeida and research analyst Robert Wilson ...

Choice products not so choice: APRA

CHLOE WALKER, KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 17 DEC 2021
... Diversified Income Fund was the worst-performing option based on a seven-year period, delivering just 2.25% p.a. and falling short of 2.55% from its benchmark. A slew of OnePath options failed egregiously. OnePath's OA Frontier - OnePath Tax Effective ...

What you read in 2021

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 17 DEC 2021
In another year of lockdowns and uncertainty, Financial Standard 's most read stories show all eyes were on the changing nature of the superannuation sector. Industry consolidation and the Your Future, Your Super performance test underscore the ...

Shareholders reject Westpac remuneration report

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 16 DEC 2021
... chief executive Peter King's package of $2.4 million as base salary, and variable incentives of $2.4 million for the short term and $3.2 million for the long term. Non-executive directors' fees would stay as is, while the report also proposed ...

Knight Frank releases 2022 outlook

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 16 DEC 2021
... may be employed to release some of the pent-up demand, however it is unlikely that supply can be increased enough to meet short-term demand, particularly from large users in 2022." The new year is also likely to see greater levels of investment diversification ...

Challenger taps Hamilton for top job

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 DEC 2021
... Hamilton will receive fixed remuneration of $1.075 million, inclusive of superannuation. It is expected that his annual short term incentive will be capped at twice his salary and he will also be entitled to a long term incentive. Challenger will now ...