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Advice firms to spend $70k more on technology: Report

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2022
... technology solutions as they look to overcome mounting challenges that are impacting business operations and efficiency. The study found 65% of advisers consider the compliance burden to be the biggest challenge facing advisers today, while 41% cited ...

How super should be using technology: KPMG

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2022
... low-cost way. Demonstrably, the world's largest retirement fund, Japan's Government Pension Investment Fund has commissioned a study into Artificial Intelligence's capacity to select assets and choose investment managers. Domestically, Australian members ...

CFA exam results improve

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2022
... results, the CFA Institute acknowledged the impact the COVID-19 pandemic had on peoples' motivation and ability to maintain study momentum. Since 1963, the average pass rates are as follows: 42% (Level 1), 46% (Level 2) and 56% (Level 3). Further exams ...

Investors, advisers need further ESG education

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 18 JUL 2022
... sustainable investing. In line with its Australian market launch, Capital Preferences released its ESG is Personal: 2022 Study of ESG Preferences and Advisory Practices in Australia. The study profiled more than 300 Australian investors and found that ...

ASX 100 chief executive bonuses hit record highs

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2022
... 12 months, evidencing a market-wide catch up in pay for chief executives- and, most likely, their executive teams." The study revealed that the average bonus awarded to chief executives hit $2.31 million, exceeding 2017's record of $2.30 million. ...

Those most in need of advice see least value in it: Research

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2022
... About 80% of consumers who have never accessed financial advice don't believe there is any value in it, according to a new study from University of South Australia which calls for the introduction of a government-funded rebate for advice. The study on ...

Subjects of Royal Commission case study found guilty in court

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2022
The Federal Court has found that Select AFSL (Select), BlueInc Services Pty Ltd (BlueInc) and Insurance Marketing Service Pty Ltd (IMS) engaged in unconscionable conduct when selling insurance products. The Court also found Russell Howden, the managing ...

Top super funds for ESG revealed

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2022
... that Rainmaker has assessed the super fund sector for its ESG qualities via the 2022 Rainmaker ESG Superannuation Taxonomy Study. Rainmaker calculates that ESG super funds oversee $1.8 trillion, accounting for 71% of Australia's market for institutional ...

Australian firms spend 3.6bn on financial crimes

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2022
A new study has shown that Australian financial service companies are expected to spend more than $3.6 billion on financial crime compliance in 2022. Yesterday LexisNexis Risk Solutions released the first Australian edition of its true cost of compliance ...

Fossil fuel divestment bill passes California Senate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2022
... Free California's report, CalPERS claimed it would cost US$75-$100 million to sell the stocks named in the bill, but a study of the fund's past divestments apparently found transaction costs were "considered negligible in all cases except for ...