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Multi-asset results mixed in COVID-19 sell-off

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2020
... nevertheless, internal allocations to Schroders Australian Equity helped buffer the fall due to enhanced focus on quality metrics such as low financial leverage and higher cash holdings." Despite conservative strategies usually holding approximately ...

APRA locks in mid-year heat map update

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2020
... and sustainability outcomes, which it recognises would be expected to manifest over a longer timeframe. As such, those metrics will be updated in "later" heat map publications, including the annual update APRA outlined when it launched the tool. For ...

Low rates support some bond managers: Report

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2020
... "While bond managers have often suggested that the Australian credit market is higher quality than overseas, basing this on metrics such as average credit quality, shorter tenor of issuance, and sectoral composition of issuers, some of this may be illusory. ...

Shape up on climate change risk: APRA

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2020
... Board's Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures including aspects of governance, strategy, risk management metrics and disclosures. The regulator said climate change risk will be firmly on the agenda as a part of its efforts to increase industry ...

Status quo not option for remuneration: APRA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2020
... secret that much of the feedback was critical of what APRA was proposing, including the 50% cap on the use of financial metrics in determining variable remuneration, longer vesting periods and clawback provisions." Despite the large volume of feedback ...

Value disconnect damages adviser relationships

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2020
... far better measured by the impact that their services can have on investors' financial outcomes," Morningstar said. "New metrics and research findings show that the interpersonal aspect of advice may have more impact on a person's finances than anything ...

Fund managers driven to alternatives: Report

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2020
... recommend investors be vigilant about the risks these more-esoteric assets bring," the report said. "Traditional risk metrics, like standard deviation, aren't particularly good at identifying the risks in less liquid assets with infrequent, and often ...

New Year, new APRA

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2019
... KPI 6: Regulators actively contribute to the continuous improvement of regulatory frameworks. APRA plans to review the metrics they use to measure its performance against these KPIs in 2020.

What you read in 2019: Financial advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2019
... benchmark salaries are now most likely calculated using a scorecard that looks at both financial and non-financial performance metrics, such as compliance ratings and client retention. The report also revealed the benchmark salaries for associate advisers ...

ESG scores may be inflated: Eaton Vance

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2019
... into their investment processes, they can mistakenly conflate ESG scores in practice with more familiar financial quality metrics, new research from Eaton Vance has revealed. The paper suggests the conflation stems from insufficient research that has ...