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APRA expands super data collection

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2020
... approach to super fund expenditure and establishing more consistent reporting categories for more effective analysis and assessment of levels and types of expenditure. Lastly, APRA said it will be expanding the reporting of asset allocation data to choice ...

Corporate climate risk disclosures must show more: IGCC

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2020
... reporting on climate risk, found that improvements are needed in climate risk disclosure to make it more useful for risk assessment and portfolio management. Since the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosure released its recommendations in ...

Chief economist update: Worse news is better news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2020
... anticipated in the June forecast, the positive effect on the economic outlook was outweighed somewhat by the staff's assessment of the likely effects of several other factors," The Fed said. "Those factors included the increasing spread of the coronavirus ...

Advice firm awarded international certification

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2020
Shadforth Financial Group has achieved the international 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 ...

Vanguard funds downgraded by Morningstar

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2020
... rated Gold by Morningstar for several years, has recently been subject to a re-rating across the sector based on a new assessment process by Morningstar. "Vanguard wishes to make it clear that the investment process, including the strategic asset allocation ...

Chief economist update: The RBA's lullaby

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2020
... Fiscal Update (JEFU) -- published just over a week ago - the RBA was able to incorporate into its deliberation and assessment the impact of the Stage 4 lockdown in the state of Victoria. "This recovery is, however, likely to be both uneven and bumpy ...

Insurers COVID-19 response slammed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2020
An announcement from the Financial Services Council (FSC) that life insurers would keep their COVID-19 support measures in place until the end of the year doesn't go nearly far enough, a lawyer has said. As part of the insurance response to COVID-19 ...

Property winners, losers of COVID-19 crisis

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2020
... "However, new opportunities will present themselves and active management remains important. The key will be a careful assessment of demographics, long-term drivers of demand, and entering at the right price point."

J.P. Morgan wins custody mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2020
... fund has renewed J.P. Morgan as its custodian for another five years. TelstraSuper renewed the contract after a market assessment. TelstraSuper head of investment operations Miles Mallick said J.P. Morgan's emphasis on delivering a consistent data model ...

Super fund COVID-19 requirements to remain

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2020
... superannuation trustees on PDC requirements in response to COVID-19. The PDC enables the regulator to conduct an ongoing assessment of the impact of the coronavirus and the government's early release scheme (ERS) on superannuation licensee and provides ...