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Janus Henderson adds active ETF

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 SEP 2021
... Sustainable Equity Active ETF (FUTR) will invest in 50-70 companies that deal with climate change, resource constraints, population growth and ageing populations. The portfolio carries a carbon footprint that is 85% less than that of the MSCI World Index ...

Stephen Jones changes tack on risk advice

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 21 SEP 2021
... Phil Anderson said this news would be welcomed by advisers. "That sounds certainly like positive news for the adviser population and you are well progressed in your thinking about that issue and probably having a different position to where you were ...

Recovery set to slow: OECD

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 SEP 2021
... necessary to reduce Australia's reliance on taxing personal incomes, which leaves public finances vulnerable to an ageing population," the OECD said. It said the government should consider increasing the Goods and Services Tax (GST) rate or broaden the ...

ASIC to ease hardline stance

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 27 AUG 2021
... change the way we administer the law to minimise the costs and burdens of regulatory requirements for our regulated population and consumers". In its recently released 2025 Corporate Plan, ASIC flagged it will take a tougher stance on protecting retail ...

Industry associations slam last resort scheme

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 13 AUG 2021
... With financial adviser numbers now well below 20,000, the FPA fears that the proposed scheme will further reduce the population. "COVID impacts and Australia's ageing population mean the nation's advice needs are growing yet escalating regulatory ...

Delta to impact real estate market: Analysis

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 AUG 2021
... a four-stage process to open up and live with COVID-19, and the final step arrives when more than 80% of the adult population is fully vaccinated. This plan essentially means that Australia, like many other countries, will live with COVID-19 and accept ...

Vanguard incentivises staff to get the jab

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 AUG 2021
... onsite, workplace vaccination hubs for some employees in South West and Western Sydney. "We know that a vaccinated population is how we will have more freedom, open borders and a more normal way of life. We are committed to doing what we can to get more ...

Super, ASIC beneficiaries of advice challenges: Hearing

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUL 2021
... three million households in Australia prepared to pay for financial advice as it currently costs. However, the adviser population will have shrunk to such a point that only two million of those households can access that advice. "It may be a temporary ...

IOOF buys $68m retail property

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUL 2021
... caters to residents of Huntington, Mount Druitt, Colyton, and the broader Blacktown Local Government Area, where the population is expected to grow at 2.8% p.a. over the next five years. IOOF head of property Simon Gross said the acquisition is its 19th ...

ASIC industry levy to increase

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUL 2021
... Association chief executive Judith Fox said the levy increases are not sustainable and are unfairly attributed to the current population of financial advisers, particularly as the stockbroking and listed securities advice sector has an "exemplary record ...