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IFM Investors PE portfolio carbon neutral

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 11 JAN 2022
... achieved carbon neutrality across its entire private equity portfolio. The portfolio's status is fully certified by Climate Active, which represents the Australian government's certification standard, IFM Investors said. Supported by Pathzero and Pollination ...

Pandemic sees boom in voluntary super contributions

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 6 JAN 2022
... institution, looking to be better informed about superannuation. "More Australians are accessing education resources and making active choices with their super through voluntary contributions when they're able to," Perri said. "It's also encouraging ...

WAM to acquire two LICs

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 23 DEC 2021
WAM Capital will acquire two other listed investment companies in a bid to take its market capitalisation to $2.3 billion. Westoz Investment Company (ASX: WIC) and Ozgrowth (ASX: OZG) have entered into an agreement with WAM to merge under separate transactions. ...

Shoddy exam feedback fuels adviser stress

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 DEC 2021
... introduced after Labor proposed the exact same measurements days before. At its height in 2019, there were nearly 29,000 active advisers. By mid-December 2021, a whopping 10,000 or 35% abandoned the profession. But for veteran advisers who have yet to ...

Pension scheme, UBS divest energy companies

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 21 DEC 2021
A UK pension scheme and UBS Asset Management have called time on investments in five energy companies that are not working towards a low carbon economy. Nest and UBS AM have sold shares in Exxon Mobil, Imperial Oil, Kepco, Marathon Oil and Power Assets ...

Industry responds to heatmap findings

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 17 DEC 2021
... Superannuation Funds of Australia's (ASFA's) virtual event, APRA executive board member Margaret Cole said that APRA's active supervision of underperforming MySuper products over the past two years has driven substantial benefits to members in ...

Adviser population drops below 19,000

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 17 DEC 2021
... the industry throughout the year. The SMSF Advisers Network dominates the adviser landscape, with the highest number of active advisers at 635. AMP Financial Planning (599) and Morgans Financial (473) round out the top three. Meanwhile, Synchron (404) ...

MySuper heatmap offers few surprises

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 17 DEC 2021
... Australian Catholic Superannuation and Retirement Fund's LifetimeOne and the Incitec Pivot Employees Superannuation Fund's Active Balanced all received a red or orange rating. It's also the first time APRA has revealed the scores achieved in the inaugural ...

Choice products not so choice: APRA

CHLOE WALKER, KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 17 DEC 2021
... egregiously. OnePath's OA Frontier - OnePath Tax Effective Income returned 5.35% p.a. but failed by 2.27%, while its OnePath Active Growth fell short of the benchmark by 2.12% p.a. APRA issued a red alert on a myriad of AMP products such as the FS ...

Foreign investment in Australian commercial property hits record high

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 DEC 2021
... has bolstered purchaser activity," Broderick said. CBRE's data highlights North American investors have been particularly active, stepping up from having about a 26% share of foreign investment in Australian in the five years leading up to the pandemic. ...