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Ethical investment holdings double: CoreData

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2025
The number of high-net-worth (HNW), core affluent, and mass affluent investors holding ethical and sustainable investments has roughly doubled over the past year, according CoreData. The CoreData research obtained by Financial Standard seeks to capture ...

$3m super tax will level playing field: Australia Institute

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2025
... in Norway," he said. "Superannuation tax concessions are designed to encourage people to save and reduce dependency on the Age Pension, they are not designed to be used by the very wealthiest in society to avoid paying tax." The Better Targeted Superannuation ...

Trump inaugurated as 47th President

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2025
Donald Trump has officially been sworn in as the 47 th US President as he takes on his second, non-consecutive term. Trump took to the stage for his "Day 1" official address unleashing a raft of executive orders and reaffirming his America first policies. ...

Super admin providers face reckoning in 2025: Finura

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2025
More companies will divest their superannuation administration offerings in 2025, according to Finura, as super funds potentially move this service in-house amid tighter scrutiny from the regulators. ASIC suing Cbus for poor member claims experience ...

Coalition members call for superannuation guarantee reform

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2025
... compulsory nature of contributions that prevent them from having a say in how their money is used until they reach 65 years of age. Labor minister for employment and workplace relations Murray Watt labelled the statements by the Coalition members as ...

Why more women aren't in financial services

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2025
Financial services firms are pushing to hire more women, with only 36% of roles currently held by women in the sector, according to new data from Robert Walters. But while they want more women in their ranks, a spokesperson for Robert Walters said one ...

ASIC names new chief executive

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2025
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has named a chief executive, following Warren Day's abrupt exit in June last year. Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) chief executive Scott Gregson will join ASIC on March ...

TPB welcomes stay of sanctions against disqualified agents

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2025
The Administrative Review Tribunal (ART) has declined to stay or suspend sanctions imposed by the Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) against disqualified tax agents in three separate cases. All three cases relate to misconduct on the part of tax agents ...

CEFC invests $100m into affordable housing strategy

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2025
Canberra's green bank has invested $100 million in AXA Investment Managers Alternatives' build-to-rent strategy providing affordable homes for essential workers. The investment brings the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) total commitment to residential ...

Major climate group suspends operations

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2025
An alliance of financiers with over US$57.5 trillion in assets has bowed to US political pressure and hit pause after the exit of the world's largest asset manager, BlackRock. Net Zero Asset Managers (NZAM), which has over 300 members, announced it ...