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Digital advice firm hires for institutional strategy

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 OCT 2021
... institutional market. "To complete their core mission for members, superannuation and pension funds need to complement quality products and investment outcomes with advice and assistance that is low cost, robust, scalable, and compliant. Without this ...

FSC to ban occupational exclusions

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 12 OCT 2021
... facilitating better data sharing between trustees, insurers and government agencies, particularly the ATO, to improve the quality of data on members' occupational classifications."

CBA completes review, sued by FWO

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 12 OCT 2021
... culture. "In the long run, however, the success of CBA's response to the inquiry report will be judged not by the quality of revised processes and documentation. It will be judged by outcomes, in particular outcomes experienced by the bank's ...

Iress expands Perennial partnership

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 11 OCT 2021
... innovative and automated registry technology options that support our focus on enabling all Australians to access high quality active investment solutions."

Super funds extend poor disclosure to ESG holdings

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 11 OCT 2021
... believe whether a super fund divests from the fossil fuel sector to be a marker of its ESG credentials." To be rated as a quality ESG fund, five criteria must be satisfied. Super funds must demonstrate a governance framework and investment transparency ...

Stewart Investors launches fund, drops fees

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 8 OCT 2021
... sustainable development that has evolved over decades. We launched our first sustainability fund in 2005. "We are excited by the quality of companies in our worldwide leaders' universe." The investment management fee of 0.45% applies only to the ...

Eight in 10 asset owners focused on sustainability: Survey

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 8 OCT 2021
... cited as one of the biggest barriers to sustainable investment adoption by 59% of respondents, and 45% said it is the quality of or consistency of corporate reporting and disclosures. Interestingly, the study found that not allocating to sustainability-focused ...

Fiducian adds $38m FUA to network

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 8 OCT 2021
... the group's strategy that aims to develop a country-wide financial planning network to ensure Australians have access to quality advice. "Fiducian is constantly looking to make other acquisitions of financial planning businesses," he said. The group ...

Energy leads top stock picks: Morningstar

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 OCT 2021
... increase interest margins and profits for major banks. From the sector, Morningstar's top picks were Westpac for its high-quality loan book, Challenger as it trades at an attractive discount to fair value estimate and Magellan Financial Group for being ...

Big four bank complaints drop

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 OCT 2021
... 17,593 of the total 42,261 bank complaints. The top five complaints received were due to unauthorised transactions, service quality, default listing, failing to respond to request for assistance and incorrect fees or costs. Over half were resolved at ...