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Credit Suisse, oil prices see ASX fall: CommSec

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2023
... subsidiary CommSec explained the Aussie market opened down 97pts or 1.4% to 6971 and said all sectors are in the red, led by Materials (-3%) and Financials (-1.6%). CommSec senior economist Ryan Felsman told Financial Standard that, broadly speaking ...

Women-led super funds outperform over medium, long run

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAR 2023
... favourites for the male-led products were BHP, CSL, Commonwealth Bank, NAB and Macquarie. By sector, women and men favoured materials, banks, energy, pharmaceuticals and diversified financials. However, women-led funds were structurally much more exposed ...

Stafford Capital Partners launches sustainable timber impact fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 28 FEB 2023
... sold into voluntary carbon markets, he added. The fund will also provide a source of sustainable, low-carbon wood raw materials and offer investors a fund with a "substantially negative carbon intensity profile and reporting framework that can support ...

Aussie equities withstand test of time: Report

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2023
... and the second largest of gold and uranium. "More critically, we are the largest or near largest producer of the raw materials needed to facilitate the transition to zero carbon, being lithium, aluminium, nickel, LNG and rare earths." McAuley added ...

Material business risk disclosure needs improvement: ASIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2023
... business risks as part of the directors' report," Hughes said. The Australian Agricultural Company, Australian Strategic Materials, and hipages were some of the companies that failed to meet OFR guidelines in their 2022 reports.

FPA, SMSFA launch specialist pathway

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2023
... will be exempt from completing the nine standard education modules. Instead, they will receive comprehensive learning materials and have access to optional virtual drop-in sessions after enrolling in the program. They can also sit the online SMSF specialist ...

Ethical, sustainable ETFs top $9bn

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2023
... generate concrete outcomes." Greenwashing is also a topic that Betashares is tracking - the fund manager examined its materials in line with Information Sheet 271 on greenwashing, Liddell said. "We did a complete review of all our PDSs and marketing ...

Future Fund subsidiaries set to receive tax exemption

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2022
... subsequently refunded to the Future Fund board via franking credits attached to the dividends paid to it. Treasury explanatory materials said the current tax arrangements result in unnecessary compliance and administrative burdens for the Future Fund ...

APRA, ASIC concerned over premium increases

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2022
... friendly societies haven't acted in accordance with reasonable expectations as created by disclosures and marketing materials. The regulators said the concerns indicate that some life companies do not have effective systems, processes, and controls in ...

Expand access to financial services: AUSTRAC

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2022
... wages. This can make many everyday activities like paying bills extremely difficult," she explained. "These new guidance materials will help give banks greater certainty to satisfy Australia's anti-money laundering rules. They will be an important tool ...