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Sexism in the City: UK financial sector slammed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2024
The "shocking" prevalence of sexism and misogyny in the UK's financial services sector has led a government committee to recommend a raft of reforms. On International Women's Day, the UK government's Treasury Committee released Sexism in ...

Experts issue warning over AI washing

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2024
Artificial intelligence (AI) is perhaps the most transformative technology since the advent of the internet, poised to herald an unprecedented digital economic revolution. To appear at the precipice of the movement, some are employing deceptive tactics ...

Female fund managers boast 1.2% alpha

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2024
... managers generate 1.2% alpha on average compared to the broader population, a new analysis from Morningstar shows. The assessment of 62 portfolio management teams led by women were able to achieve 0.89% in alpha annualised over five years net of fees ...

Overhaul of TPD structure, pricing needed: MLC Life

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2024
... acceptable than men (49% versus 45%). "The current approach to disability insurance in superannuation is centred on a binary assessment of total and permanent disability," MLC Life Insurance chief executive Kent Griffin said. "And, while it works for ...

Bloom Impact, MSC pulled up for greenwashing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 FEB 2024
... the Bloom Fund had to consider whether the company's engagement in the activity was material based on a qualitative assessment and there was discretion to still hold the asset; "If 33% or more of the company's revenue was generated by an excluded activity ...

ASIC waves red flag at advisers, trustees over Choice products

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2024
... key observation from our review of trustee analysis of underperformance was that trustees seemed to approach their assessment from the position of keeping the option on the menu," ASIC said. Of those 12 options, nine had a very high percentage of advised ...

NAB names new chief executive

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 FEB 2024
... well for the future," he said. McEwan said he was delighted to see Irvine selected as his successor after a lengthy assessment process. "Andrew is a highly capable, internationally experienced banker who brings the right lens to us wanting to be Australia's ...

Sequoia strikes deal to acquire Clique Paraplanning

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 5 FEB 2024
... client advice. "Clique has been an approved provider of our licensee services division for some time, following an assessment by our compliance team of the quality of its advice documentation," Sequoia managing director Garry Crole said. "We encourage ...

Unlisted asset valuation practices under review

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 FEB 2024
... revalue their unlisted assets on a quarterly basis at least. This occurred around the same time the Financial Regulator Assessment Authority criticised funds' approach to valuing unlisted assets in the wake of the Canva writedowns, as well as APRA's ...

JANA wins another NFP mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 JAN 2024
... Community Trust South picked JANA to provide advisory services, strategic advice, and portfolio construction and risk assessment.