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HESTA announces award finalists

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2021
... to making the world a better place for our members to live, work and retire into and we are proud to have been the first major Australian super fund to commit to a total portfolio 'net zero by 2050' emissions target," she said. "The HESTA Impact Awards ...

Group insurance using shoddy data: Rice Warner

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2021
... fund administration providers in the industry. Given the concentration of providers and the fact that there are only five major group life insurers, it should be possible in the future to develop an industry portal to handle group life data more efficiently ...

Crackdown on ERS scams continues

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2021
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has confirmed it is still working with the Australian Federal Police (AFP) to crack down on early release of super scams which cost Australians over $6 million. Combined, the value of scams rose 23% in 2020, with ...

Chief economist update: Eurozone at risk of double-dip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2021
... re-imposing national lockdowns. This is underscored by FactSet's report on 17 October 2020: "Mitigation measures from major EU economies largely focused on limiting social mixing and toughening existing restrictions. France, which has become the ...

Super industry to fill China investment gap

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2021
... the decision as it is thought CSCEC has links to the Chinese defense industry. As Chinese companies have often invested in major infrastructure developments in Australia, there were some concerns of a gap forming. However, Industry Super Australia's ...

Newton IM adds Future strategies

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2021
... manage the Future Earth, Future Food and Future Life global equity portfolios and is based off a framework which identifies major areas of disruption and structural change. The Future Earth strategy invests in companies that protecting the environment ...

Chief economist update: Yuan the victim of China's success

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2021
The Chinese yuan has seen a sharp appreciation, leading major Chinese news outlets to report that the government would be relaxing rules to make it simpler to settle the currency internationally. 'Twas less than one and a half years ago that the ...

Lack of diversity major business risk: SSGA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2021
... Street Global Advisors (SSGA) president and chief executive Cyrus Taraporevala has issued his annual letter to boards of major global listed companies, outlining the fund manager's proxy voting agenda for 2021, and the fund manager's ongoing ...

AMP adviser numbers shrivel

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 12 JAN 2021
The number of financial advisers licensed by AMP dropped dramatically in 2020, with the institution no longer the largest AFSL in the country by number of advisers. The largest AFSL is now the SMSF Adviser Network which had 839 advisers as at 31 December ...

The barriers to limited advice: Licensees

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 11 JAN 2021
The increasing cost of delivering financial advice coupled with lack of guidance and strategy documents are the major barriers to limited advice, according to licensees. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission's (ASIC) latest consultation ...