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MSCI launches emissions measuring tool

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2022
... climate Eric Moen said the introduction of climate-related regulation paired with stakeholder demands are putting greater scrutiny on financial institutions to measure climate risk across their investment portfolios. "These institutions (such as banks ...

Super trustees face rough seas ahead: Byres

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2022
... event, APRA chair Wayne Byres said to expect the performance of super trustees to continue to be the subject of intense scrutiny. On APRA's latest priorities, Byres said that even though super funds' operating environments are rapidly shifting ...

ASIC releases CCIV guidelines

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2022
... managers and officers of the responsible entity." Despite this amendment, the corporate watchdog said it will still exercise scrutiny even if the applicant already has an AFS licence. The report further stated that ASIC will prioritise AFS licence applications ...

Mercer appoints sustainable investment leader

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2022
... governance risks and opportunities are effectively incorporated, while meeting fiduciary obligations and managing growing scrutiny from regulators as well as the public." At the same time, the issues that investors must consider have also grown. Where ...

Super industry levies insufficiently detailed: ASFA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2022
... composition of APRA's broader regulatory costs concerning the super industry. Just as the super industry faced increased scrutiny from the Your Future, Your Super legislation, ASFA submitted that a higher level of examination should apply with respect ...

A mixed year for super: KPMG

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2022
... personalisation. She added: "All strategies to meet these demands need to be delivered in the context of increased regulatory scrutiny and the overarching requirement to act in members' best financial interests."

Cbus to sell corporate art collection

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2022
... three separate auctions, with the first scheduled for July 27. "With each work having passed the commercial and academic scrutiny of Dr Joseph Brown to enter the collection, the Cbus auction series will provide collectors with exciting acquisition opportunities," ...

Former adviser sentenced over dishonesty

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2022
... sector, Mr Nesseim deliberately lied to ASIC, using fabricated evidence and lied under oath in an attempt to evade ASIC's scrutiny." "Where ASIC suspects someone has deliberately lied to us, either directly or by providing us with false documents, we ...

AMG Super hires to distribution team

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2022
... Ryan join the team and strengthen the support we offer to financial advisers, especially as the industry faces increased scrutiny and change," Bell Direct's head of distribution and marketing Tim Sparks said. Arnie Selvarajah, chief executive of ...

Stock picking dominant source of alpha: Research

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2022
... that asset owners conducting due diligence on fund managers should subject their research capabilities to much closer scrutiny. Managers with demonstrable research skills generated 383 basis points alpha per annum, dwarfing all other sources of alpha ...