Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 591 - 600 of 2629 results for "Practices"

Super fund climate risk assessment results released

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2022
... institutions responded to the survey, which was designed to provide insights into how institutions are aligning their practices with the expectations outlined in Prudential Practice Guide CPG 229 Climate Change Financial Risks. Released last November ...

FSC guidance looks to eliminate greenwashing

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2022
... playing a vital role in this economic transition by working with their portfolio companies to adopt lower emissions practices." For fund managers making net zero commitments, the guidance said they should be able to demonstrate their pathway to meeting ...

Increased scale drives Diverger results

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2022
... group outlined that it plans to continue pursuing acquisitions as well as consider further equity investments in advice practices and explore other service expansion opportunities. It also now has a network of 155 advice firms comprising 223 financial ...

Insignia Financial loses more advisers

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2022
... the self-employed channel as Insignia Financial progresses the sustainability of the Advice business, with a number of practices opting to sell their client books or transition to a self-licensed model." It further reported that funds under management ...

Annual IMAP awards finalists revealed

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2022
... into the construction of portfolios. "As previously, the Licensee category was the most strongly contested as advice practices look to use managed accounts as a core part of the differentiation of their advice service offer. The level of resource and ...

Lonsec acquires Implemented Portfolios

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2022
... Kirk said: "Since 2010, IPL has been changing the conversation about portfolio construction taking place within advice practices. We only see this expanding as part of the Lonsec Group." The businesses will be managed separately for the foreseeable future ...

HUB24 posts record platform inflows

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2022
... pipeline of new opportunities across all customer segments. This includes large licensee clients, brokers, boutique advice practices and self-licensed advisers. Further, HUB24's latest available strategic insight data show that it maintained second ...

New guidance to improve super funds' understanding of ESG risks

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2022
... prudential regulator said several submissions contained requests for detailed guidance on managing risks associated with ESG practices. These requests included "specific reference to ESG risk as a material investment risk to be considered at both the ...

Investors, advisers need further ESG education

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 18 JUL 2022
... Australian market launch, Capital Preferences released its ESG is Personal: 2022 Study of ESG Preferences and Advisory Practices in Australia. The study profiled more than 300 Australian investors and found that while 59% of respondents place high importance ...

Subjects of Royal Commission case study found guilty in court

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2022
... by St Andrew's Life Insurance, were labelled one of the "most egregious" by ASIC in 2018 when it came to poor sales practices in regional and remote communities. ASIC's case focussed on the mis-selling of insurance over the phone to 14 consumers, 10 ...