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Net zero commitments in ASX200 companies doubles

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2022
Net zero commitments are now the norm for Australian companies with $1.59 trillion or 70% of the ASX200's collective market capitalisation adopting them. Australian Council of Superannuation Investors' Promises, pathways and performance report details ...

Tax exemptions overwhelmingly benefit the wealthy: OECD

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2022
An Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) report indicates that Australia's lack of capital gains tax has led to a monumental increase in house prices that have unfairly affected the less wealthy. The report states that between ...

FICAP is back on in 2022

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2022
... group of financial services professionals who wanted to give back. It's made up of industry participants representing major banking, wealth, and asset management groups. "We felt extremely fortunate to work within such an amazing industry (financial ...

Treasurer announces RBA review

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUL 2022
Treasurer Jim Chalmers is instituting the first major review of the setting of monetary policy and the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) since the 1990s. In the context of Australia facing a complex combination of difficult economic conditions, Chalmers ...

Octopus launches renewable energy platform

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUL 2022
... will help address the need for new investment in utility-scale renewable energy projects and facilitates the entry of a major global fund manager into the Australian market," she said. "It's also great to be making the investment alongside key superannuation ...

Latest AFCA data shows big shifts in complaints

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUL 2022
In the realm of investments and advice, the number of complaints made to the Australian Financial Complaints Authority over the interpretation of product terms and conditions increased more than six-fold last financial year, while complaints about inappropriate ...

ANZ, Suncorp deal cops industry backlash

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2022
... said. The ACCC said it recognises the important role that regional banks can play in competing with and challenging the major banks. Credit Suisse identified ACCC's competition concerns and said it is a hurdle. It also addressed Suncorp's legislation ...

Mirvac to become trustee of AWOF

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2022
AMP Capital Wholesale Office Fund investors have voted to replace the trustee and manager of the fund with Mirvac Funds Management. Despite AMP Capital and Dexus putting forward a combined proposal to retain management of AMP's Capital Wholesale Fund ...

Pendal FUM drops $12bn

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 18 JUL 2022
... concerns over geopolitical tensions, and fears of economic recession around the world due to aggressive tightening measures by major central banks. This has resulted in client caution, which has driven fund redemptions." Good added that despite this ...

JANA wins Spirit Super mandate

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 18 JUL 2022
... of Australians." Spirit Super's chief investment officer Ross Barry said: "The investment team at Spirit has undergone a major evolution in our operating model and our consulting needs are changing as a result." "We felt JANA was strongly aligned to ...