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Downside risk dominates Australia's economic outlook: IMF

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2023
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned Australia's economy is on a narrow path to a soft landing, with downside risks. An IMF report said downside risks to the economic outlook dominate, with uncertainty regarding global growth, commodity ...

Fintech predictions for 2023: Finura

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2023
Finura Group said it expects to see six key themes emerge this year for technology in the financial services industry. In its Wealth Tech Predictions 2023 report, the global technology consultant said wealth professionals are confronted with both headwinds ...

ASIC takes action against more greenwashing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 10 JAN 2023
... 2022 and has started the year with further action against a listed company," Court said. "ASIC will continue to closely monitor sustainability claims and take action where we consider representations cannot be substantiated or are factually incorrect ...

NZ sovereign wealth fund, Northern Trust extend relationship

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 20 DEC 2022
New Zealand Superannuation Fund (NZ Super Fund) has extended its longstanding asset servicing and custody relationship with Northern Trust, following a review process earlier this year. Northern Trust will continue to provide the $58.7 billion super ...

More alpha gains through ops

ELIZABETH FRY  |  TUESDAY, 13 DEC 2022
... increasingly important." Targeting costs There are a lot of hidden costs to target. "Funds need to reduce foreign exchange costs, monitor trading costs, ensure that tax leakage is as low as possible and that the way strategies interact together works ...

The most powerful driver of risk culture in super: KPMG

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2022
... outline the risk culture vision; approach to perform baseline assessments; mechanisms required to implement manage and monitor the risk culture in accordance with the vision. Another common theme noted was the lack of clear and consistent linkage between ...

ASIC launches civil action against American Express

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2022
... DDO embeds a consumer-centric approach for the issuers and distributors of financial products. "Product providers must monitor and review whether consumers are receiving products consistent with their needs and cannot bring a set-and-forget mindset to ...

Delayed reforms put pensioners at risk: OECD

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2022
... future pensioners, the OECD argued. Instead, the international organisation proposed that policy makers plan, implement and monitor the development of asset-backed pension arrangements. "Policy makers need to make sure that there is an adequate institutional ...

Colonial First State adds 17 new funds to FirstChoice platform

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2022
Colonial First State (CFS) has significantly expanded its FirstChoice menu, adding a range of ETF exposures, fixed interest, and sustainability strategies. Following the addition of the 17 new funds, the FirstChoice platform has reached the largest ...

Marketing oversight must improve: ASIC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2022
... supervise their funds management business," ASIC deputy chair Karen Chester said. "As managed fund gatekeepers, they need to monitor, supervise and ultimately approve the fund's marketing to investors to ensure that it is accurate and reliable." Since ...