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Fossil fuel holdings cost BlackRock investors $90bn

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2019
BlackRock has lost more than US$90 billion ($133bn) by investing in fossil fuel-dependent companies over the last decade, a new report criticising the world's largest fund manager about its failure to manage climate risk shows. The Institute for ...

Financial Wisdom to shut down

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2019
... this transition, as well as other internal project costs, is approximately $26 million," Commonwealth Bank said. Its results show that in FY19, excluding remediation provisions, Financial Wisdom and CFP Pathways incurred a post-tax loss of about $11 ...

Former adviser cops 20-year prison sentence

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2019
... be used, and that the loans were liquid and guaranteed by the company and Bennett herself. Bennett hosted a popular radio show, which many of the investors knew her from, and was named on the Barron's list of top financial advisers three times. Bennett's ...

Mercer slams Grattan Institute

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2019
The ongoing battle between Mercer and the Grattan Institute over superannuation rolls on, with the global financial services firm dedicating an entire report to pulling apart Grattan's "misleading" work. Releasing the report, authored by senior ...

More jobs more problems: FSC

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2019
New data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) shows 2.1 million Australians held multiple jobs in 2016-17, meaning they are likely to hold multiple superannuation accounts. The Financial Services Council (FSC) said the data should be strong ...

ASIC reveals advice remediation progress

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2019
A 2017 report by ASIC into how the big banks and AMP oversee financial advisers has netted less than $120 million in remediation to date. AMP, ANZ, Commonwealth Bank, NAB and Westpac have paid a total of $119.7 million [see figure 1] in remediation ...

Advice resilient under pressure: Research

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2019
Just 11% of financial advisers plan to leave the industry if the full recommendations from the Royal Commission are implemented. However, data shows the industry's outlook as a whole remains positive. This is a key finding from Investment Trends' 2019 ...

Australian equity markets remain clean: ASIC

KRISTI CHENG  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2019
Australia is among the most efficient or "cleanest" equity markets compared with the rest of the world, according to a recent ASIC review. The review by ASIC found Australian equity markets continue to operate with "a high degree of integrity". Measuring ...

Industry not impressed with APRA

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2019
The latest stakeholder survey shows the Royal Commission continues to hurt the regulator's standing in the financial services community. APRA's latest biennial stakeholder survey shows industry players are less impressed with the prudential ...

Financial services boom rolls on

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2019
The financial services industry continues to be the largest contributor to economic growth and pays employees above-average wages, according to a new report. Data compiled by the Financial Services Council in its 2019 State of the Industry report shows ...