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Metrics Credit Partners joins climate partnership

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 14 OCT 2021
Metrics Credit Partners became the first Australian non-bank asset manager to join the Climate Bonds Partnership Programme. Metrics joins the big four banks, the Green Buildings Council of Australia and the Clean Energy Finance Corporation in the Climate ...

FPA reveals 2021 award finalists

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 OCT 2021
The Financial Planning Association of Australia unveiled its shortlist of finalists for the upcoming FPA Awards. The ninth annual FPA Awards recognise the outstanding achievements of financial planners, paraplanners, university students and FPA professional ...

Global equities ETFs surge

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 OCT 2021
Australian investors are favouring global equities exchange traded funds (ETFs), with the sector recording nearly 50% growth year on year, research shows. Industry research from Vanguard showed global equities ETFs recorded $4.9 billion in inflows in ...

Gender equality perception differs

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 OCT 2021
The lived experience of men and women in financial services vastly differs as the gap is widening between organisations saying they are working to promote gender equality and those putting it into practice, new research shows. FINSIA's sixth biennial ...

Midwinter appoints head of product

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 11 OCT 2021
Midwinter Financial Services has appointed a new head of product, nabbing a former leader within AMP's advice business. Andrew Zietara has joined Midwinter as head of product. Zietara joins Midwinter from capital market technology solution provider ...

Lifecycle now MySuper mainstream: Rainmaker

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 11 OCT 2021
The share of funds under management held in lifecycle MySuper options has almost doubled in the last eight years as single strategy products drop off, but member balances at age 65 still don't quite stack up. This is one of Rainmaker Information's latest ...

Employers unaware of YFYS, stapling: Study

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 7 OCT 2021
More than half of employers are clueless on what the Your Future, Your Super reforms - including stapling - mean and how to comply, according to new research. The study, commissioned by consumer experience consultancy CSBA and Fund Executives Association ...

Regulation, industry to curb greenwashing

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 OCT 2021
The funds management industry, along with policymakers, must improve classifications of sustainable funds to prevent greenwashing, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The IMF's Global Financial Stability Report said that $20 trillion ...

PFAN appoints chair, deputy

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 OCT 2021
The Pro Bono Financial Advice Network (PFAN) named its latest chair and deputy chair as it moves to its next phase of purpose. Nicola Beswick has been appointed as chair while Natalie Kleibert will take on the role of deputy chair. Both will oversee ...

JANA makes senior appointment

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 OCT 2021
JANA has bolstered its not-for-profit division with a new appointment. Kevin Fernando joins JANA as client development director for NFP. Fernando was previously the founder and managing director of Mercury Associates, an independent NFP investment consultancy. ...