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AFA opposes clean record requirement

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2022
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has said it does not support the 'clean record' requirement proposed within the government's new policy paper on education standards, citing the untested single disciplinary body. Under the proposed changes ...

Education reforms are promising: SAFAA

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 JAN 2022
... orphaned as experienced advisers exit the industry due to a lack of recognition of their decades of experience and CPD and clean records," Fox said. "Both the government and the opposition have recognised that that the current state of the financial ...

Labor promises to recognise adviser experience

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 10 DEC 2021
... decade's experience if it comes to power. Shadow minister for financial services Stephen Jones said such advisers with a clean record will not be required to undertake a bachelor's degree to keep their qualifications. Making the announcement ...

Australian Ethical takes stake in boutique

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 9 DEC 2021
... wider market, including institutional and advice markets, Almagor told a podcast. The investment focus is on renewable and clean energy, Indigenous and social justice, regenerative agriculture and food production, and carbon sequestration, he said. Sentient ...

ISPT on track to carbon positive

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 DEC 2021
... of carbon dioxide equivalent, which is either stored or avoided by a project registered with the federal government's Clean Energy Regulator. To offset their carbon footprint, institutions purchase ACCUs on the open market and then surrender them ...

Economic recap: Week to December 3

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 DEC 2021
... employment and by extrapolation, consumer spending, sales, profits, investment... It would have been a highway to heaven - a clean run to stronger growth, if you will - had the Omicron variant reared not its ugly head. Already, Australia and a number ...

ASIC sues ANZ over home loan referrals

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 26 NOV 2021
ASIC has commenced proceedings in the Federal Court against ANZ for breaches of the Credit Act arising from referrals through its home loan 'introducer program' and from unlicensed individuals outside the introducer program. The program involved ...

Aware Super progresses net zero efforts

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 15 NOV 2021
The $140 billion super fund is calling on the private sector to provide transparent information about their emissions reduction targets and net zero pathways as it outlines the progress of its own plan. In Aware Super's inaugural Destination Net Zero ...

Metrics Credit Partners acquires

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 12 NOV 2021
... 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 Bonds Initiative's (CBI) programme. Metrics said it will support the redirection ...

ETF inflows reach $2.4bn

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 9 NOV 2021
... Ultra Long Nasdaq 100 Hedge Fund (18.4%), BetaShares Geared US Equity Fund Currency Hedged (15.0%), VanEck Vectors Global Clean Energy (14.6%) and BetaShares Crude Oil Index (12.0%). Monthly trading values decreased by 12% to $8 billion but remains high ...