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Online meetings to dominate in 2022

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 FEB 2022
... (67%) are the most widely used social media platforms by advisers. Similar to Australia, the survey found that crypto and ethical investing, as well as the need for financial literacy are on the rise in the US. The low interest rate environment is forcing ...

AMP North further expands menu

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 3 DEC 2021
... Between October and November, 44 exchange-traded funds were made available. Some of the new additions include the Vanguard Ethical Conscious Australian Shares Fund; Holon Photon Fund; Fairlight Global Small & Mid Cap Hedged Fund; iShares Core MSCI World ...

Perpetual launches active ETFs

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 29 NOV 2021
Perpetual Asset Management Australia launched one active ETF and is gearing up to launch a second. The Perpetual Ethical SRI Fund (Managed Fund) (ASX: GIVE) commenced trading on the ASX today. GIVE is the first in what Perpetual says is a suite of Active ...

BetaShares introduces suite of ethical SMAs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 NOV 2021
BetaShares has become the first ETF manager to launch ethical SMAs for financial advisers, with four new products on offer. This represents a milestone for BetaShares, becoming the first Australian ETF manager to successfully bring an ethical direct ...

FASEA to reword Standard 3

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 NOV 2021
... 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 to confirm that their client's interests are given priority and are ...

AMG Super launches platform, product

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 2 NOV 2021
... Catholic Superannuation and Retirement Fund's LifeTime One, AvSuper Growth, BOC MySuper, Christian Super's My Ethical Super and Colonial First State's FirstChoice. Since the test results, some super funds were forced to reduce fees, while ...

Exam pass rate steady at 60%

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 26 OCT 2021
... the latest results, candidates underperformed in three areas: financial advice regulatory and legal obligations; applied ethical and professional reasoning and communication; and advice construction. FASEA chief executive Stephen Glenfield said candidates ...

Better Advice Bill gets green light

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 22 OCT 2021
... standards for the financial advice industry and the important contribution towards improving the education, training and ethical standards in the sector. "The Morrison Government is committed to continuing to improve the regulatory framework applying ...

Advisers closer to professionalisation: FASEA

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 21 OCT 2021
... financial adviser levels of education represents a key component of Parliament's vision to build a trusted, educated, and ethical financial advice profession. Advisers who have completed their education or embarked on their education pathway will play ...

Zenith introduces ESG classification

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2021
... advisers to identify the level to which any fund incorporates ESG, and not just those funds branded as pursuing responsible, ethical or sustainability aim," he said. The research team typically combines a review of the portfolio holdings and conducts ...