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ESG continues to outperform: Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020
... are largely continuing to outperform the general market, according to a new report from the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA). The report, COVID-19 and the performance of responsible investments, said in a time of massive market disruption ...

FPA Congress moves online

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2020
The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) has announced the 2020 FPA Virtual Congress masterclass series will go live on July 9. The FPA is offering its Congress format as a virtual event for the first time in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. ...

HLB appoints chair

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2020
... predecessor firms since 1997, and has served on its National Executive Committee for nine years. HLB Mann Judd Australasian Association chair Tony Fittler said Henderson was the best person to lead the business during the challenging months ahead. "James' ...

ATO data heaps pressure on ASIC's SMSF fact sheet

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2020
... slightly higher than the $13,900 quoted by ASIC's fact sheet, pegging the average cost at $14,879. However, the SMSF Association has long believed the figure was not representative of the cost of operating an SMSF, and said earlier this year that ...

Chief economist update: Victoria's Cinderella moment

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2020
... deeply struggling national economy because of localised COVID-19 outbreaks." Health before wealth. Australian Medical Association (AMA) president Tony Bartone warned that:"Any continued uptick from here and the risk of a second wave is absolutely a live ...

HESTA asks Retirement Income Review to consider ERS

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020
... and includes two other panelists in former Future Fund board member and banker Carolyn Kay and former chair of SMSF Association Deborah Ralston. About two weeks after the announcement, Women in Super wrote to the Treasurer asking for a specific term ...

FASEA extension passes

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2020
... advisers on the ASIC Financial Adviser Register have sat the exam so far. The Stockbrokers and Financial Advisers Association chief executive Judith Fox welcomed the news. "Brokers and advisers have been put through the wringer, with the bill having ...

Senator remains firm on FASEA extension

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2020
... FASEA extensions hit a snag, is not backing down. The senator defended his amendment in an email to a financial advice association. "I added a schedule to the bill. Despite what some people who have contacted me have suggested, the amendment I moved ...

FPA accuses ASIC of price gouging

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2020
The Financial Planning Association of Australia has hit back at the corporate regulator accusing it of price gouging after increasing the industry funding levy for financial advisers by 38%. The FPA has urged the corporate regulator to reconsider the ...

FASEA extension hits snag

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020
... the amendment too, and that the party had proposed a similar measure before. The Stockbrokers and Financial Advisers Association (SAFAA) said the failure to pass the bill has put livelihoods at risk. "It is very disappointing to see that politicians ...