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HESTA awards tech mandate

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2021
... "Having supported some of the world's largest pension funds, both in the region and globally, we are confident that the scope of our partnership, including vital front office delivery, together with a cloud infrastructure and managed services, will ...

The barriers to limited advice: Licensees

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 11 JAN 2021
... need a way to give advisers confidence that they can meet their legal obligation and still be able to arrive at the limited scope advice in a much simpler manner." It is not just the legal obligations that are complex for advisers, he said, but the ongoing ...

FASEA exam results for November 2020

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 22 DEC 2020
FASEA has released exam results from the ninth Financial Advisers Exam held in November 2020, all financial advisers in Australia have until January 2022 to complete the exam. Just 11,241 advisers have passed the FASEA exams held to date - representing ...

Regnan launches global equity impact fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2020
... articulated a theory of change as to why a specific product or service helped to achieve those targets, and then we looked at the scope for solutions, in revenue terms, to see how big that market can grow." That taxonomy system has identified more than ...

Funds' net-zero ambitions collide with Santos

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2020
... On December 1, Santos made the bold announcement that it would net-zero by 2040. The company's plan involves reducing scope one and scope two emissions as defined by Australia's Clean Energy Regulator. These scopes refer to emissions from trucks ...

AustralianSuper net-zero promise flawed: MarketForces

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2020
... don't take into account the emissions caused when investee companies' products are used, as these downstream 'scope 3' emissions are not included in AustralianSuper's portfolio emissions calculations. As an example, gas producer Woodside's ...

ASX delays CHESS replacement again

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2020
... 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 have raised concerns ...

Aware Super shakes up SRI option

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2020
... SRI option will exclude businesses that earn 5% or more of revenue from fossil fuels and their supply chains, and provide scope to remove organisations that don't meet ESG standards. "Our members are increasingly telling us that environmental, social ...

Ratings house launches

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2020
... focussed on managed accounts and liquid investments, an analysis of the 'non-traditional' products often sits outside the scope of standard client work. "However, we are strongly of the view that there is a place for these products across investment ...

Ratings deteriorate at AMP

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2020
... fiscal year as a result of the low interest rate and competitive lending environment. However, it noted that while there is scope for AMP Bank's BCA to rise, it would not impact the bank's long-term rating as this is tied to its guarantor, AMP Group. ...