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North adds to investment menu

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 NOV 2022
... provides exposure to more than 2500 underlying securities across developed and emerging markets. BlackRock uses a four-step framework to construct the portfolio, which covers strategic country and sector allocations, dynamic tilting, portfolio implementation ...

Jones progresses green finance standards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2022
... taxonomy is completed. "We're committed to having national standards, whether and how it sits inside the legislative framework is I think something we should have consultation with industry on," he said. "... There are lots of ways we can achieve the ...

ASIC finds shortcomings in wholesale market practices

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2022
... to influence the market to their benefit. As such, ASIC prescribed that participants should ensure their compliance framework is effective in controlling misconduct in their fixed income activities. However, the regulator's observations of poorer practice ...

Government scraps legacy tax, super measures

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2022
... changes to the taxation of asset-backed financing arrangements. It has also scrapped the idea of a new tax and regulatory framework for limited partnership collective investment vehicles; changing the annual audit requirement for certain SMSFs; the introduction ...

Industry surveyed for Asia Region Funds Passport review

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2022
... interest in participating in industry sessions as part of future Joint Committee meetings. The ARFP is a multilateral framework intended to support the development of an Asia-region funds management industry through greater fund choice, increased competition ...

Aura Group launches multi-asset solution

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2022
A new fund from Aura Group will give wholesale investors an institutional framework for multi-asset investment portfolios. The Aura Multi-Asset Fund has been seeded by the Aura's principals and aims to minimise the risk of substantial negative performance ...

QAR could see 12% increase in insured Aussies

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2022
... of Australians with life insurance cover, or 432,000 Australians. It also noted that proposals to reform the advice framework will reduce the cost of providing advice by almost $2000, allowing people to get advice at times when they need life insurance ...

MSC Trustees receives CCIV authorisation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2022
... wholesale Corporate Collective Investment Vehicles (CCIV), becoming the first professional trustee firm to do so. The CCIV framework was effective July 1. MSC Trustees is also now the first to hold this authorisation and Singapore's similar Variable ...

Financial stability risks escalate: RBA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2022
... review said. To mitigate risk to financial stability, Australian policymakers are currently working on a regulatory framework for crypto assets.

Throw out financial services law clutter: ALRC

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2022
... has grown 597 pages since the ALRC's inquiry commenced," Derrington commented. "To be fit for purpose, the legislative framework must reflect the dynamic nature of the financial services sector and its significant contribution to the Australian economy. ...