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FASEA too soft on ethical investing: Advisers

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... Association of Australasia webinar some financial advisers have suggested that FASEA's Code of Ethics doesn't go far enough on ethical investing. Appearing on the webinar, Federation Financial Services adviser Dave Rae pointed to an example provided ...

Aussie equities winners, losers revealed

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2020
... sell down 92% of its portfolio in 10 days. Less liquid strategies included Perennial Value Smaller Companies, Australian Ethical Australian Share, and Spheria Australian Smaller Companies, which take 60 days or longer to sell down 80% of their portfolios. ...

Ethical fund manager wears $520m hit

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2020
The market impact of COVID-19 hit Australian Ethical to the tune of half a billion dollars in the first quarter, but strong inflows have helped limit the damage. The ethical wealth manager closed the first quarter on March 31 with $3.59 billion in funds ...

BAS agents to give financial advice

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020
A new legislative instrument aimed at helping Australians to navigate the COVID-19 stimulus measures will allow BAS agents to offer financial advice to businesses. BAS agents can now legally advise businesses about their entitlements to the new JobKeeper ...

Time to step up or face the music

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... its toll. And investors, who are increasingly aware of the importance of ESG factors, will demand answers. Australian Ethical chief executive John McMurdo said its time for leaders to consider the long term implications of poor - and good - governance ...

Warakirri appoints exclusive manager for equities

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... strategic partnership. The two also have plans to introduce emerging market equities funds. Warrakirri will continue to do the ethical overlays for Australian and global equities offerings. Their relationship goes back 15 years, when Warakirri first ...

SMSFs in flashback to 2008

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020
... were used in 2008 have been brought in to guide the sector through the COVID-19 pandemic. Terry Pinnell, chair of the Ethical Advisers' Co-op, wrote to Treasurer Josh Frydenberg last week to ask him to institute the same measures for SMSF pensioners ...

Super scammers pose as authorities

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020
... And I went, 'Mate what you're doing is illegal. You're not allowed to do this'. "Forget about legalities, this is not ethical what they're doing." An ensuing social media post about the encounter may end up saving the super of many Australians, after ...

Time for financials to step up: Study

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2020
... play in generating positive social, environmental and economic outcomes for the nation. The study comes out of Australian Ethical and Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA), who surveyed more than 1000 Australians in both capital cities ...

UBS says goodbye to ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2020
... UBS will also drop the fees on all three of these. For example, the biggest one, the $179 million UBS IQ MSCI Australian Ethical ETF will go from charging 35bps in annual fees to 15bps. It will also keep its 14 mFunds open, which together had $38 million ...