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Masters of Business and Empathy aims to improve on MBA

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2020
A new course has launched, called the Masters of Business and Empathy, which aims to improve on the traditional Master of Business Administration (MBA). Small Giants Academy has launched the course, which they say is the first in the world. "We saw ...

CountPlus divests member firm

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2020
CountPlus has disposed its majority interest in a member firm to a fellow member firm after a review found it could not add strategic value. The ASX-listed advice and accounting group has sold its 61.28% interest in Specialised Business Solutions to ...

Pension funds told to practice what they preach

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2020
Close to half of all Dutch pension funds are failing to align their portfolios with their sustainable investment policies, according to the latest annual benchmarking report from the Association of Investors for Sustainable Development. The Association ...

Financial services complaints rise

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2020
Complaints made about financial services have almost doubled since last year, according to the Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA). In its yearly report, AFCA revealed complaints had risen to 80,546 from 47,223, which is a 14% increase ...

Off-platform assets consume advisers' time

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2020
Off-platform assets are increasingly taking up more of financial advisers' time as many express frustration with the lack of solutions available that can house all of their clients' assets. According to joint research by Praemium and Investment Trends ...

Morningstar's conviction weakened on BlackRock fund

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2020
Morningstar has dropped its rating for BlackRock's Concentrated Industrial Share Fund to neutral. The fund's lead portfolio manager Charles Lanchester and team have added a total return portfolio and a long-short offering to the fund, but Morningstar ...

ATO prepares for end of ERS

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2020
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has announced the end of year shutdown and program closure arrangements for the early release of super (ERS) scheme. Since April 3.3 million Australians have taken over $34 billion out of their retirement savings ...

Bendigo closes SmartOptions Super

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2020
Bendigo and Adelaide Bank has closed its SmartOptions product due to a lack of demand. Bendigo SmartOptions Super (formerly Bendigo Super Plan), which closed on September 26, was established more than 20 years ago. It closed to new members from July ...

AMP Capital bids farewell to active ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2020
AMP Capital is delisting all of its ETFs after about four years on the ASX, following UBS Asset Management's move in March. The last trading day will be December 4, with final distributions from the wind up set for December 31. "...the decision ...

Super funds bullish on hiring

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2020
Recruitment activity in the superannuation industry has surged as many want to hire professionals skilled in the areas of data, ESG and risk, Kaizen Recruitment data reveals. Less than 5% of superannuation fund executives told the specialist recruiter ...