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Australian Ethical updates investment guide

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2024
... positive products and services can offer an ethical investment even though it earns some revenue from a negative product or activity, or if its products and services are used by some in a harmful way." The super fund added that where a company or an ...

Super fund engagement peaks among members with $250k+ balances: Report

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2024
... (NPS) have continued to decline, though a few non-defined benefit funds bucked the trend. Meanwhile, super fund switching activity slightly decreased to 8% from 9% last year. However, the intention to switch remains high at 10%, up from 9% last year ...

Retail funds drive down admin fees: KPMG

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAY 2024
... going to a limited number of funds, and some are in a net cash outflow position, she said, noting that while the merger activity of recent years slowed a little in FY23, it is anticipated it will be picking up again.

Chinese property market to stabilise

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAY 2024
... Kushlis said the new measures made it clear that authorities wanted to stabilise the sector after a period of unsustainable activity. "They have also been striving to achieve this while minimising spending and maintaining some financial discipline over ...

ASIC cancels Everest Asset Management's AFSL

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2024
... the Changjiang Currency Exchange's criminal enterprise with accomplices recruiting within the financial sector. The activity also enabled syndicate members to financially benefit from the proceeds of crime and tax evasion between 2020-23. The syndicate ...

Private markets demand cools: bfinance

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAY 2024
... class, accounting for over two thirds of capital raised in 1Q24. Private equity capital raising was dominated by buyout activity (60% of the total). The surge of secondaries capital raising during 2023 did not flow through to 1Q24, amounting to only ...

Budget 2024: Regulators given boost to combat misconduct, cybersecurity

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024
... superannuation systems. About $79 million will be spent to upgrade the ATO's technologies to identify and block suspicious activity in real time, while $83.5 million will go towards a new compliance taskforce to recover lost revenue and intervene when ...

Federal Court rejects two CBA class actions

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2024
... deposit machines (IDMs) were potentially being used by multiple suspected money laundering syndicates linked to criminal activity that include drug importation. Even after CBA became aware of suspected terrorism financing, money laundering and/or structuring ...

ASIC slams funds' serious deficiencies over advice fee charges

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2024
... switching superannuation funds. "Superannuation trustees should have processes in place to detect and respond to suspicious activity."

J.P. Morgan hit with $775k penalty

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2024
... to uphold the highest standards. "They have a central role in detecting, preventing and disrupting suspicious trading activity, particularly in periods of volatility as was the case here," she said. "The MDP's decision emphasises that market participants ...