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Super funds put foot down on Woodside

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2025
... said. "Aware Super has been actively engaging with Woodside Energy regarding concerns about its climate strategy and disclosure. While there has been some progress in certain areas, we believe the company still falls short of the standards we expect ...

Industry bodies call for delay to Payday Super

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2025
A collective of industry bodies, including Chartered Accountants ANZ and the Financial Advice Association Australia, want the government to push the implementation of Payday Super to July 2028. In a joint submission to Treasury, eight industry lobby ...

FAAA calls for stronger consumer protections in advice reforms

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2025
... noted that despite a series of major reforms, including the Future of Financial Advice and Professional Standards, disclosure obligations in Statements of Advice haven't evolved to reflect advisers' professional judgement requirements. "A principles-based ...

KKR, Capital Group debut first public-private investment products

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2025
... collaboration has yielded the Capital Group KKR Core+ and Capital Group KKR Multi-Sector+ offerings. According to product disclosure documents, the Capital Group KKR Core+ fund invests in a range of public market debt securities, including US and other ...

AFCA highlights 'pattern of delays' in super

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2025
The Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) has released its bi-annual System Issues Insight Report, to address industry practices and reduce consumer complaints. In the first half of 2024-25, 235 matters were reported affecting 187,855 consumers ...

Shield Master Fund terminated, new receivers for Keystone Asset Management

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2025
... its investigation in February 2024 to halt new investment offers and then made interim stop orders on four product disclosure statements for the fund. It then sought to have the fund's assets frozen. ASIC said it was aware of authorised representatives ...

Clients' evolving circumstances a 'key barrier' for advisers: Netwealth

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2025
... important to proactively innovate the advice methodology to spark "excitement, urgency and engagement", as well as disclosure - sometimes revealing the rationale and process behind the advice can signal expertise, ease uncertainty and foster trust, it ...

SQM places private credit sector on watch

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2025
SQM Research has placed the private credit sector on watch, saying it is increasingly encountering red flags when rating offerings. The research house has been covering private credit since 2007. SQM currently rates on some 70 private credit funds across ...

Canada pension fund hires ex-CalPERS CIO

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2025
Canada's largest pension scheme has hired a former CalPERS investment chief who famously led a big push into private equity and private debt. The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board has confirmed the appointment of Ben Meng as head of investment ...

Study finds 5000 European ESG funds investing in fossil fuels

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2025
... JPMorgan Chase in the lead, followed by DWS, BlackRock, Allianz, and UBS. With an overhaul of the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation due for the end of this year, Urgewald's Fiona Hauke said the EU should "show more ambition" in regulating funds ...