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AMP does not treat advisers fairly: Poll

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2020
... whether AMP has treated its aligned advisers fairly in the fallout from the BOLR changes through mediation. The vast majority, 85%, said AMP has not treated advisers fairly. A mere 6%said that AMP has been fair in its treatment of advisers and a further ...

First Sentier takes stake in renewable energy

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2020
... chief executive of Terra-Gen, said: "California is undergoing a transformation of its power generation resources from a majority of natural gas plants to renewables and battery storage, driven by ambitious energy and environmental policy initiatives." ...

Industry fund reduces fees

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020
A $1.7 billion superannuation fund is cutting some of its fees as of 1 October 2020. The majority of Christian Super's 28,000 members will benefit from asset allocation changes, lower fees paid to investment managers, and reduced indirect costs ...

ASIC drops CBA investigation

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2020
... intelligence agency. AUSTRAC slapped the bank with an additional 100 allegations just three months later, with CBA denying the majority of the fresh allegations in a submission to the Federal Court. In June 2018, the Commonwealth bank settled the civil ...

Facebook, Google face crypto class action

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2020
... Facebook loosened its ban by allowing advertising for blockchain and educational content relating to crypto but the vast majority of crypto projects are still unable to advertise to the mainstream. JPB Liberty is seeking to raise funding for the case ...

Clients value advice during pandemic

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2020
... fueled a number of challenges advisers were facing, including meeting compliance obligations, which is a bugbear for the majority (67%), and providing affordable advice, which almost half of advisers struggle with (46%). The advice practices that were ...

COVID-19 dampens CFO outlook

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2020
The global pandemic has left the majority of chief financial officers feeling pessimistic about the financial profitability of their companies, a new Deloitte survey finds. But many see a silver lining amid the doom and gloom. More than half (58%) of ...

Corporate climate risk disclosures must show more: IGCC

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2020
... opportunities." Just over half the respondents represented asset/fund managers and a third represented institutional investors. The majority consider climate change a financial risk in investment analysis and around 40% use climate disclosures on a daily ...

Retail investors surpass one million

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2020
... in the Zoomer or Millennial age group, but the pandemic-induced lockdown has accelerated these trends," he said. The majority of these first-time investors were under the age of 40 (70%), up 19% from the previous year. "Many first-time investors were ...

Presidents don't move markets much: S&P

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2020
... be as influential as Donald Trump would like to think. Looking at data from 1928 to 2016, the S&P 500 rose in the vast majority of election years. Of course, market crashes in 1932, 1940, 2000 and 2008 did coincide with election years. "It is important ...