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Most ethical companies revealed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2021
... companies outperformed a comparable index by 7.1% over the last five years. "Honorees integrate ethics and values with corporate strategy. They speak up, are transparent, take action, and look for innovative ways to make a difference. We congratulate ...

Equipsuper merges with corporate fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2021
Equipsuper has merged with a corporate superannuation plan that will add $860 million of assets to the fold. The $16 billion superannuation fund will manage the retirement savings of Toyota Super's 5000 members. Toyota Super chair Rob Purcell said ...

Wells Fargo sells asset management business

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2021
... same time, this transaction reflects Wells Fargo's strategy to focus on businesses that serve our core consumer and corporate clients and will allow us to focus even more on growing our wealth and brokerage businesses." GTCR and Reverence Capital are ...

Crypto chosen over defensive assets

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2021
... also followed international trends. We noted a five-fold increase in SMSF clients in 2020 and growing interest from corporate accounts," Bowler said. Over 83% of investors hold Bitcoin, followed by Ethereum (42.6%), Litecoin (18%) and one in five hold ...

Financial services least trusted industry: Edelman

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2021
According to the 2021 Edelman Trust Barometer, financial services is the least trusted industry in the world - losing even more trust during the pandemic. Global public relations giant Edelman has been assessing the public trust in various sectors since ...

ASIC zeroes in on bad SMSF advice, conduct

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2021
The corporate regulator continues to hunt down perpetrators that give bad advice to self-managed super funds, sounding a warning that it is flexing its new powers in superannuation. ASIC commissioner Danielle Press told the recent SMSF Association's ...

AFCA chair under fire

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2021
... law and Crown has been not just found to have broken the law on her watch but also committed serious breaches of good corporate governance." However, Smith noted that it could possibly be seen to be "too disruptive" to completely clear out the board ...

Continuous disclosure laws to stay

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2021
... last thing we should want is for Australia to develop an international reputation as a jurisdiction that's soft on corporate misbehaviour. That's a surefire way to dry up investment," he said. Separately, the landmark Your Future, Your Super ...

Iress hires head of corporate development

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2021
Iress has hired a former AMP corporate development director for a new role that reports to its chief executive Andrew Walsh. Warwick Angus has been appointed Iress's head of corporate development and market infrastructure. Angus's role will include ...

Australia sweeps pension market rankings

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2021
... difficulties," the report read. However, one issue that is a missed opportunity for the system is "to influence and mitigate corporate misalignments like executive pay, and other poor leadership and boardroom practices". In aggregate, Australia is one ...