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Platforms maintain cash rate on RBA cut

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020
... Bernasconi told Financial Standard. "I feel that platform providers and everyone in the value chain have the obligation to clean up their act and stop charging cash fees. "I believe the trustees should be obligated to provide members with, at the minimum ...

UBS says goodbye to ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2020
UBS is sweeping clean its suite of ASX-listed ETFs, shutting down six funds and delisting three as asset growth stalls. UBS currently has nine ETFs with $300 million in funds under management at February end. On Friday, it informed investors of its ...

US turns to QE, RBA to follow

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2020
... amplify the severity of this economic shock," Craig said. "Since September last year the Fed has shown its willingness for the clean functioning of financial markets, stepping in to provide liquidity when needed." The Fed is not the only central bank ...

Westpac not evacuated, misinformation abounds

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2020
Following reports that Westpac's Sydney offices were evacuated due to a coronavirus scare, the bank has confirmed it is business as usual. The discovery of three Westpac employees at its Barangaroo offices with suspected cases of COVID-19 forced ...

Regulator clamps down on misleading ESG fund names

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2020
... Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system approximately 65 funds (excluding unit investment trusts) included the terms ESG, clean, environmental, impact, responsible, social, or sustainable in their names as of 31 December 2007. At 31 December 2019, that ...

Fidelity sweeps Morningstar Australia Awards

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2020
Fidelity International scored two wins at the 2020 Morningstar Australia Awards, while passive investing giant Vanguard beat active managers in the multi-asset category. The awards were spread across eight categories, with the winners announced last ...

Academics protest UniSuper investments

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2020
... our voices heard," Hopkins said. "However, we will do what it takes to make sure our savings are invested in a safe and clean future." UniSuper has released a number of updates on its climate change policy, most recently in November of last year. The ...

Qualitas launches build-to-rent fund

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2020
... energy efficient, low emissions build-to-rent residential building. The fund has backing of up to $125 million from the Clean Energy Finance Corporation. The Qualitas Build-to-Rent Impact Fund (QBIF) is Australia's first property debt fund to elevate ...

New super fund targets millennials

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2020
... products and services such as organic food contribute to SDG 2: End Hunger; whereas water filtration equipment supports SDG 6: Clean Water and Sanitation." Kent Kwan, Jade Ong and Kevin Hua are the co-founders of Elevate. They also work together at AtlasTrend ...

VFMC partners for transformation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 17 DEC 2019
... transformation strategy. The two parties have also signed a managed services agreement that will see BNY Mellon integrate, clean and validate investment data into one central location. In determining the right technology partner to support its transformation ...