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Does ESG have a fiduciary issue?

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 17 JUL 2023
... Bouchard added. "The more managers can demonstrate the value of ESG strategies, the more successful they will be with a wide variety of investors," Jayda Etienne of Preqin First Close said. She says higher levels of ESG transparency drive growth, and ...

Asset managers dismiss liquidity risks: FCA

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUL 2023
... administrator Link Group recently settled with the FCA to compensate victims. When it comes to liquidity stress testing, a wide variety of methods are in use. Some methodologies were insufficient to assess actual liquidity of the portfolio, using assumptions ...

ASX consultation: Time to say goodbye to mFund?

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUL 2023
... ASX, greater operational flexibility at a fund level compared to other structures, and the ability to implement a wide variety of different underlying assert classes, securities, and investment strategies within the structure. Nevertheless, given the ...

AustralianSuper posts solid return for FY23

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUL 2023
... relatively resilient with consumer spending holding up well over the year," Delaney said. "We have also responded to a variety of significant investment challenges, including write downs in some property assets to account for falling values." Last financial ...

Technology top threat to company culture: Report

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 3 JUL 2023
... technology platforms as the biggest threat to an organisation's culture. The report said technological innovations pose a variety of challenges, including impacting the firm's ability to manage risk effectively by reducing the sense of responsibility ...

Super funds ready to offer advice: Podcast

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUN 2023
... continue. I think there are other factors and I think small to medium players are going to be well placed to offer a greater variety of advice services to their members in the coming years," he said. Under the proposed reforms, super funds will have ...

SMSFs brace for more reforms: Expert

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUN 2023
... Report found that new policy proposals, including indexation of the transfer balance cap and the $3 million cap present a variety of engagement opportunities for financial advisers. On average, SMSF advisers estimate the indexation of the transfer balance ...

Bank of England launches first system- wide stress test

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUN 2023
... aims to review shocks that prompted the instability. The BoE said large banks, insurers, central counterparties, and a variety of funds including pension funds, hedge funds, and funds managed by asset managers, will be included in the review. "This reflects ...

FRAA releases draft APRA, ASIC metrics

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUN 2023
... poses challenges alongside the complexity of APRA and ASIC's statutory mandates, stated objectives and activities, and the variety of ways regulatory activity may influence financial system outcomes. "Should the FRAA note more explicitly the metrics ...

SMSF advisers navigate new regulation: Survey

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUN 2023
New policy proposals, including indexation of the transfer balance cap and the $3 million cap present a variety of engagement opportunities for SMSF advisers, according to Investment Trends' latest report. The 18th annual edition of the 2023 SMSF Adviser ...