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Advice firm awarded international certification

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2020
... fiduciary certification following an assessment by the Centre for Fiduciary Excellence. Shadforth is now one of just seven Australian advice firms to have the certification. "Advice relationships are fiduciary in nature. They are based on a foundation ...

MySuper returns negative

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020
... performing MySuper product last year was the Fire and Emergency Services Superannuation Fund which delivered 2.5%. Australian Ethical's and BUSSQ's MySuper options weren't far behind on 2.2% each. Future Super's balanced option and UniSuper's sustainable ...

IOOF divests Australian Ethical

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020
IOOF has sold its minority shareholding in Australian Ethical for $74.5 million. In an announcement to the ASX, IOOF said it has sold 14.2 million shares in Australian Ethical, reducing its stake to approximately 5.5 million shares. That reduces IOOF's ...

ESG funds crowned winners of COVID-19 crisis

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2020
... Australasian sustainable funds attracted inflows worth more than $207 million in the second quarter of 2020, with Australian Ethical and Dimensional reaping the majority of these rewards. Morningstar's latest Global Sustainable Fund Flows report, which ...

Debt vulture crackdown welcome

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2020
... debt vultures if they care about their customers." Many for-profit debt assistance providers do not hold a current Australian financial services (AFS) licence or Australian credit licence from ASIC, despite often appearing to provide services that require ...

Australian Ethical adds to executive team

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2020
Australian Ethical Investments has appointed two new executives in newly created roles, adding a chief strategy and innovation officer and chief customer officer. Marion Enander will step into the role of chief strategy and innovation officer, while ...

Perpetual slashes fees

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2020
... Cash and fixed income strategies now account for 38% of Perpetual's FUM, which it says, reflects its expertise beyond Australian equities.

US considers restricting ESG in pensions

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2020
... or investment course of action." The proposal appears to be similar to the sole purpose test which is in place for Australian superannuation funds. The sole purpose test requires each trustee of a super fund to ensure the fund is maintained solely for ...

FSC appoints four to board

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2020
... Wealth's Garry Mulcahy, State Street Global Advisors' James MacNevin, Russell Investments' Jodie Hampshire, Australian Ethical's John McMurdo, Ninety One's Justin Cowper, Zurich Financial Services' Matthew Drennan, Franklin Templeton's Matthew Harrison ...

Australian Ethical posts record results

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2020
... fees. In comparison, AustralianSuper recorded 0.52% for its balanced MySuper offering over the same period. Australian Ethical chief financial officer Mark Simons told Financial Standard the results prove that ethical, sustainable investments can generate ...