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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 ...

Regnan launches global equity impact fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2020
Responsible investing pioneer Regnan has launched a global public equity impact fund that selects companies that contribute to achieving the targets of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The Regnan Global Equity Impact Solutions Fund invests ...

Funds' net-zero ambitions collide with Santos

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2020
Australian oil and gas company Santos' carbon reduction plan has been heavily criticised, with critics pointing out many super funds invested in the company have made declarations on climate change that don't match their actions. According to ...

AustralianSuper net-zero promise flawed: MarketForces

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2020
AustralianSuper's promise to go net-zero in carbon emissions by 2050 fails to "match, let alone improve on" what its peer funds are doing, says MarketForces. Last Thursday, AustralianSuper said it would target net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 to ...

ASX delays CHESS replacement again

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2020
The Australian Stock Exchange has pushed back the CHESS replacement date by another year to April 2023. The ASX announced it has increased the scope of the project as a result of COVID-19 following industry consultation. Many stakeholders the ASX consulted ...

Aware Super shakes up SRI option

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2020
Aware Super has tightened the screens on its socially responsible investment (SRI) option as the $97 billion fund beefs up its ESG credentials, reshuffling investment mandates in the process. The managers with SRI mandates from Aware Super include Redpoint ...

Ratings house launches

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2020
A local consulting firm has launched a research service aiming to offer quality insights into a variety of investment vehicles, particularly targeting the ratings gap in complex products. Evergreen Ratings, a subsidiary of Evergreen Consultants, analyses ...

Ratings deteriorate at AMP

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2020
AMP has suffered a further blow this week, after Moody's downgraded its ratings of the embattled wealth management giant. The ratings house lowered its ratings on AMP Group Holdings, AMP Group Finance Services and AMP Bank from A3 to Baa2. However ...

AstuteWheel integrates with Xplan

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2020
Client engagement software provider AstuteWheel has integrated with financial advice software Xplan following overwhelming demand from advisers who were using both services. AstuteWheel managing director Hans Egger said 80% of advisers who use AstuteWheel ...

FCA reviews regulation of foreign financial services firms

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2020
The Financial Conduct Authority is reassessing how it should authorise and supervise foreign firms providing financial services in the UK as the Brexit transition period ends. The FCA announced it launched the consultation process in anticipating an ...