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ESG funding booms in Australia: Calastone

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 28 FEB 2022
... into actively managed funds in 2021, with Calastone saying passive strategies will struggle to gain ground until ESG standards are established. Additionally, the index found that $4 in every $10 of inflows to fixed income funds last year were devoted ...

International hiring spree: Robert Half

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 22 FEB 2022
... David Jones said. "In order to compete on the global playing field, Australian companies need to match the industry standards of the markets they're seeking to recruit from, or risk being eclipsed by local competition. "While focusing on competitive ...

Sudden departure for CountPlus chief

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 17 FEB 2022
... the Financial Planning Association of Australia. He was also an Australian representative at the Financial Planning Standards Board in the US, a business banking manager at NAB and a corporate finance analyst at Westpac.

ATO underestimates SMSF performance: Report

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 FEB 2022
... at-risk cohorts, such as small cash-heavy funds or under-diversified funds, offers a promising way forward for lifting standards and improving headline performance outcomes for the SMSF sector overall." "We're very excited to be launching this research ...

Assets under custody hit $4.7tn

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 15 FEB 2022
... trades per day on behalf of clients. "Innovation, leveraging the right technology partnerships and an ongoing focus on standards has been key to achieving efficiency in custody and investment administration," Travers said. "Looking ahead to 2022, we ...

Proxy advice reforms defeated

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 FEB 2022
... transparency of investee companies' practices and performance. "Just like company directors, lawmakers must be held to high standards of governance," Rennie said. "Legislation should be justified, proportionate, consistent and effective. These reforms ...

ANZ appoints chief technology officer

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 7 FEB 2022
... great progress in further strengthening our architecture objectives and driving ongoing improvements in our engineering standards," Florian said. Hogarth will also ensure that technology projects align with business plans and will continue to be accountable ...

FPA calls for stronger experience pathway

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 4 FEB 2022
... support the proposed 10 years of experience in the past 12 years pathway as proposed." In its response to the education standards policy paper, which finalised submissions on February 1, the FPA detailed why streamlining education requirements will put ...

AFA opposes clean record requirement

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2022
... said it does not support the 'clean record' requirement proposed within the government's new policy paper on education standards, citing the untested single disciplinary body. Under the proposed changes, a financial advisers would be deemed to have met ...

Education reforms are promising: SAFAA

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 JAN 2022
The Stockbrokers and Financial Advisers Association argues that potential reforms to education standards will put the industry on a level playing field with other professions. In its submission to the federal government's proposal to reset education ...