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ESG linked to pay in top APAC listed firms

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2025
... (62%), diversity and inclusion (59%), and environmental (42%). Just 30% used GHG or carbon emissions measures including Scope 3 emissions. Climate-linked pay largely fails to achieve results, a study last year from the Investor Group on Climate Change ...

Trustee valuation processes 'concerning': APRA review

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 17 DEC 2024
... appropriate or 'favourable' valuation governance frameworks. These were all large funds, representing 31% of the total in-scope funds under management (FUM) and close to six million member accounts. Twelve trustees were given an 'amber' rating, meaning ...

Super funds should focus on 'simple' advice: Jones

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2024
... to create a new category of trained financial adviser, a diploma qualified adviser, who's going to have a very narrow scope of advice that they're able to give," he said. "And it'll be specialised in the area of providing advice on the products ...

Treasury gives Tranche 2 reform package preview

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2024
... name should not include 'financial adviser' or 'financial planner'. The association said it is also curious about how the scope of advice of the new class will play out in relation to retirement advice and will interact with the Sole Purpose Test. In ...

Treasury consults on new crypto tax laws

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2024
... recent gains in global tax transparency will be gradually eroded," the OECD said. The CARF is designed to capture the full scope of crypto assets and their providers. It also allows for a multilateral agreement and exchange of information between other ...

Future Fund to back energy transition, residential housing

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2024
... investment for Future Fund. The fund has had a climate focus for some time, having been committed to achieving net zero Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions by 2030, in alignment with the government's target. That said, it maintains investments in the likes ...

Systemic issues impact 20k consumers: AFCA

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2024
... settle AFCA complaints, but the terms of the deeds were deemed "unfair because they were unreasonably wide and beyond the scope of the AFCA complaints." The firm has acknowledged and accepted AFCA's view that the deed did not clearly outline the financial ...

Liberal MP calls for SoA replacement

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 5 NOV 2024
... advice. "This letter confirms a clear and transparent agreement between the adviser and the client that clearly outlines the scope of advice to be provided," he said. Secondly, the bill removes the requirement for the provision of an SoA that can take ...

ACCC urges parliament to pass new merger laws

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 4 NOV 2024
... those reforms are essential for protecting consumers and small businesses from conduct that currently falls outside the scope of the Australian Consumer Law. "In recent years, we have identified numerous examples of concerning business conduct which ...

Australia a top destination for international investment: QIC

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 28 OCT 2024
... than the global average of 85%," Peter said. "Clearly, Australia's debt imbalance ranking is an area in which Australia has scope to improve."
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Macquarie AM splashes billions on Applied Digital Corporation

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Macquarie Asset Management (MAM) has pledged US$5 billion to NASDAQ-listed Applied Digital Corporation, which provides high-performance computing (HPC) data-centre solutions.

Subscription EVs attract HESTA, IFM interest

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IFM Investors and HESTA, by way of its mandate with the former, will take a 49% stake in Splend Group, a provider of subscription electric vehicles.

Economist's wishlist: Lower tariffs, bond yields settling

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AMP deputy chief economist Diana Mousina has listed her top five wishlist items for 2025, with hopes for lower inflation and avoiding a trade war.

MUFG Pension & Market Services awards tech mandate

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