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QIC invests in Australian biotech start-up

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2024
... technology extends beyond accelerating drug development timelines and could deliver substantial reductions in the costs and ethical concerns associated with traditional research and development methodologies. "With the support of the Jelix Ventures ...

Adviser exam yields 70% pass rate

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2024
... suitability of advice aligned to different consumer groups, incorporating consumer behaviour, and decision making, as well as ethical and professional reasoning and communication. The Administrative Appeals Tribunal recently overturned ASIC's decision ...

Future Super returns 10.1% to ethically minded members

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2024
Future Group's flagship super offering has returned 10.1%, while Verve Super achieved 9.9% last financial year. The results are for the Future Super Balanced Index option and Verve Super's standalone strategy. Future Group said the results are proof ...

New technology chief joins GROW Inc.

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2024
... new heights and deliver exceptional outcomes for our clients and their members and investors." GROW counts Australian Ethical, HESTA, and Vanguard Super among its clients. Since 2022, John McKim has served as chief product and technology officer. He ...

Will ASIC use AI for advice compliance monitoring?

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2024
... adhering to best practices, and following regulatory guidelines. "Firms should establish clear AI governance frameworks, ethical principles, and risk management strategies and invest in training and upskilling employees to build AI capabilities or collaborating ...

CSLR makes inaugural payments

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2024
The Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR) made its first payments to four victims totalling more than $360,000, three of which related to bad financial advice. One payout of about $145,000 related to inappropriate personal financial advice provided ...

Macquarie AM bags top manager gong

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2024
... multi-asset strategies: MLC MultiActive Moderate, MLC MultiActive Balanced and MLC MultiActive Growth. Vanguard Australia and U Ethical Investors each won two categories. Vanguard's International Shares Select Exclusions Index Fund and MSCI International ...

Australian Ethical updates investment guide

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2024
Australian Ethical has updated its guide to ethical investing with several additions to further clarify what it considers before making an investment. The super fund added a list of positive and negative factors it considers in developing its criteria ...

Australian Ethical snaps up asset manager

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2024
Australian Ethical has struck a deal to acquire Altius Asset Management, the sustainable fixed income business of Australian Unity, a move that will see its funds under management (FUM) swell by $2 billion. The acquisition will see both firms merge ...

Australian Unity appoints general manager of social infrastructure

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2024
Australian Unity has appointed Darren Dawson, an experienced executive in sustainable finance and ethical investment, as its social infrastructure funds general manager. Dawson will oversee the management of Australian Unity's social infrastructure ...