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HESTA pushes forward with internalisation

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2022
... appreciate when they have opportunities to meet members," Blakey said. Sawtell-Rickson added: "We're never going to be the highest paying firm on the street, nor do we aspire to be."

Can Russia use crypto to get around sanctions?

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2022
... concerns around the ethics of crypto. According to insights from the University of New South Wales, Russia has one of the highest levels of crypto adoption. Before the Russia-Ukraine conflict, it ranked third among countries that sent the largest share ...

AMP hands down tech mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2022
... support advisers and their clients. Rainmaker Information data shows that North ranks fourth when it comes to serving the highest number of aligned financial advisers. At the end of 2021, there were 2145 advisers using the platform. North sits behind ...

Member contributions lift super assets to $3.5tn

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2022
... growth in total contributions. Most APRA-regulated assets comprised MySuper products of $950.1 billion, which recorded the highest year-on-year growth rate of 18%. Self-managed super funds hit $876.7 billion, experiencing the next biggest movement of ...

Winner of Gwen Fletcher Memorial Award 2022 announced

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2022
... analyst Danica Lozada of Industry Fund Services has taken home the award. The Gwen Fletcher Memorial Award recognises the highest performing student in the CFP Certification Unit (CFP C) for each semester, with demonstrable dedication to providing high-quality ...

Chief economist: Thank you, Putin

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2022
... so that that the CBOE VIX index - the "fear gauge" - has soared by 7.7% to 31.02 on the aforementioned headlines (its highest level since late January this year). Consequently, world equity market indices and bond prices have been going down. We've ...

Aussie CFPs move toward 5000

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 FEB 2022
... Financial Planning Standard Board and operates in 27 countries. "Last year, the number of CFP professionals reached the highest ever, with growth from emerging, developing and mature markets demonstrating the broad appeal of financial planning and CFP ...

CalPERS, CalSTRS face fossil fuels ban

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 21 FEB 2022
... in companies on the Carbon Underground 200 list. The list comprises publicly-owned companies expected to contribute the highest future emissions from their coal, oil, and gas reserves. It will also ban the pension funds from making any future investments ...

Australian market praised in latest pension study

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 17 FEB 2022
... Australia now sits in second place in terms of ratio of pension assets to GDP, overtaking Canada. The Netherlands has the highest ratio at 213% while Australia's comes in at 172% (local currency). "This ratio reflects a number of factors from market ...

NAB tops bad advice compensation bill

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 15 FEB 2022
The National Australia Bank's bad advice compensation bill has hit more than $1.2 billion - the highest liability among the major financial institutions. While NAB Financial Planning and NAB Private Wealth have remediated most of this amount with ...