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HESTA advocates for change post Rio blast

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2020
... managing these issues, and we will consider using our voting rights where we identify the need for improved practices and disclosure." "Global investors like HESTA are concerned that engagement with Traditional Owners is well managed wherever companies ...

Another AMP worker recounts campaign of harassment

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2020
... reparations would be made," she said. The whistleblower reported she was then given five days by AMP to sign a non-disclosure agreement or else she would lose her job. She said she signed the agreement. "I hoped that by agreeing I would salvage my career ...

Sam Henderson pleads guilty

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2020
... dishonest conduct. Henderson plead guilty to one "rolled up" charge of dishonest conduct along with two counts of making a disclosure document available to a person knowing it to be defective. ASIC alleged that Henderson engaged in dishonest conduct ...

CFA Institute call for feedback on new standard

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2020
... The CFA Institute is seeking feedback from the professional investor community on a consultation paper for a proposed disclosure standard for environmental, social and governance (ESG) investments products. The new standard aims to focus on the disclosure ...

Corporate climate risk disclosures must show more: IGCC

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2020
... the risk information translates into action. The latest report by the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC), Full Disclosure: Improving corporate reporting on climate risk, found that improvements are needed in climate risk disclosure to make it more ...

Northern Trust launches ESG capability

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2020
Global custodian Northern Trust announced it has redeveloped its environmental, social and governance analytics capabilities to now include key environmental data categories. Northern Trust's clients, many of which are asset owners such as pension and ...

ASIC takes action against BTFM, Asgard, StatePlus

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2020
... charging at least 36,592 members fees for advice that was never provided. ASIC alleges the fund also issued defective disclosure documents or statements that included promises to provide advice annually in circumstances that StatePlus had no reason to ...

How to make sense of reporting season

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2020
As we reach a third of the way through Australia's reporting season, an advice and stockbroking group has identified three key trends that have so far emerged from the results. Wilsons Advisory noted that many of the companies that have reported thus ...

FSC calls for scaled advice model

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2020
... investment. This would transfer customers to contemporary products to lower fees, increase competition, improve product disclosure and reduce technology risk, the FSC said. It also recommended the government remove regulatory barriers to enable life ...

Sydney Aussie equities manager trims fees

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2020
... We're aware of the current environment and are nimble, it only took three days to launch and amended PDS [product disclosure statement]. It's something we stand for at Contact, we co-invest with our clients, and we pride ourselves on charging ...