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Fear of greenwashing worse than reality: Report

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 AUG 2021
... that while there are increasing concerns that these potentially misleading practices are taking place, there seems to be little evidence that greenwashing has become widespread in reality. The number of S&P 500 companies citing ESG in earnings calls ...

Industry associations slam last resort scheme

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 13 AUG 2021
... and payments and significantly increases the government's administration costs of the financial advice sector with little benefit to consumers, the associations said. "Responsibility for consumer losses and complaints should be shared evenly across ...

Delta to impact real estate market: Analysis

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 AUG 2021
... agreed that the spread of the Delta variant is likely to impact the economy and the housing market. "There is presently very little investor appetite for high-rise units, where rental markets have been particularly soft over the past year, especially ...

Final YFYS regulations out, government "backflips" on admin fees

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 9 AUG 2021
... gouging, it also gives unscrupulous players free reign to fiddle the books and shift costs to the investment side with little impact on the performance assessment," ISA said in a statement. "Through creative bookkeeping funds could still be charging ...

Top franked stock picks: Morningstar

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 6 AUG 2021
... Labor Party proposed removing the cash rebate for franking credits. Despite this, Morningstar now considers there to be little legislative risk to franking credits and suggests removing franking credits would be too politically risky for Labor to move ...

Pandemic hasn't killed retail: Airlie

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUL 2021
... contributed most to the fund's outperformance were Mineral Resources, Reece and PWR Holdings. PWR Holdings is a relatively little-known Australian company which makes cooling systems for high-performance vehicles, especially motorsports cars. "What they ...

Angus Benbow leaves finance for fitness

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2021
... business from its early days." Wimp2Warrior describes itself as a 20-week program which is able to transform beginners with little or no athletic background into mixed-martial arts "warriors". Benbow departed Centrepoint Alliance on May 28. A permanent ...

How likely is a super fund to fail YFYS test?

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUL 2021
... chance of failing the Your Future, Your Super performance test in any given eight-year period, but some may need to dive a little deeper to determine how at-risk they are, Willis Towers Watson says. Following analysis, WTW senior director of investments ...

TelstraSuper lowers admin fee

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUN 2021
... Access members will pay an admin fee of 0.18% per annum, 10% lower than the previous fee of 0.20% per annum. "As every little bit counts, we think that this move will provide a welcome boost to your retirement savings over the long term," the fund said ...

Lumiant raises capital, adds to board

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUN 2021
... understand the pressures advisers face. For too long, they have been the punching bag in an environment where they had little control," he said. "Lumiant frees them from regulatory and product constraints. Each module has been carefully mapped against ...