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Crestone to be acquired by LGT Group

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 DEC 2021
... board and management believes the offer to be attractive and have commissioned an independent report to provide an assessment of the offer. If no better offer is received, the board and management will unanimously recommend shareholders vote in favour ...

Economic recap: Week to December 10

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 DEC 2021
... retire that word". This means faster than expected taper and earlier than expected interest rate hikes. While the final assessment and implications of the Omicron variant would give the Fed pause for thought, it couldn't afford inflation to run away. ...

APRA tells Christian Super to merge

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 7 DEC 2021
... obligation to protect the best financial interests of its members. "In light of its ongoing underperformance, APRA's assessment is that the optimum way for Christian Super to do this is to move its members to a better performing and more sustainable ...

ESG overhaul for SSGA ETFs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 DEC 2021
... switch to tracking the Dow Jones Global Select ESG Real Estate Securities Index which uses the GRESB real estate ESG assessment. Meanwhile, WEMG will change its name to the SPDR S&P Emerging Markets Carbon Control Fund. The benchmark will also change ...

Review of ASIC kicks off

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 30 NOV 2021
The review of ASIC's effectiveness is open and accepting submissions. The Financial Regulator Assessment Authority (FRAA) was established in response to recommendations 6.13 and 6.14 of the Royal Commission. It is tasked with reviewing and reporting ...

Industry fund cuts premiums

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 29 NOV 2021
... disablement and takes into account the specific tasks required in the claimant's occupation. The Activities of Daily Living assessment in TPD has been criticised for years by consumer advocates, including Choice, and regulators as far too narrow. Under ...

Economic recap: Week to November 5

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 NOV 2021
... since last December" and more importantly, while it acknowledges that "inflation remains elevated", it stuck to its assessment that this is transitory, while at the same time promising that, "the Committee would be prepared to adjust the stance of monetary ...

FASEA to reword Standard 3

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 NOV 2021
... refer or act in any other manner where you have a conflict of interest or duty." The code requires advisers making an assessment of conflict to ensure that, before giving advice, they have met the ethical values and standards contained in the code and ...

Ninety One launches net zero index

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 1 NOV 2021
... nations and companies. The Net Zero Sovereign Index will provide sovereign debt investors with an independently verified assessment of the alignment of sovereign bonds with the Paris agreement. It comes after Ninety One released a white paper arguing ...

Future Fund hits $199 billion

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 26 OCT 2021
... households, businesses and markets operate and how countries and economies interact. We are working hard to incorporate our assessment of these paradigm shifts into our decision-making over the long-term."