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Fear of greenwashing worse than reality: Report

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 AUG 2021
... investor confusion when it comes to identifying which companies or financial instruments conform to a given set of ESG standards," S&P said, discussing the labelling of green bonds specifically. "According to the Journal of Environmental Investing Report ...

FPA appoints FPEC chair

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2021
... being appointed chair in February 2018, Sharon has been a tireless advocate for both the profession and for educational standards of the profession. Sharon chaired FPEC through a challenging period for the profession and for the educational sector and ...

ASX outage result of process failures, disagreement

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2021
... practices," he said. ASX chief executive Dominic Stevens said: "Last November's market outage fell short of ASX's high standards. We believed that the software was ready for go-live, as did our technology provider Nasdaq. Clearly there were issues, which ...

Charter Hall profit, inflows rise

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2021
... celebrate our 30th anniversary, we are proud to have created an Australian funds management business of scale by global standards, but most importantly we have generated record fund inflows, gross transactions and FUM growth of $11.7 billion in FY21 ...

Three-month relief proposal gains traction

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 20 AUG 2021
... sit the November examination regardless of their last sitting is closer to becoming official. The Financial Advisers Standards and Ethics Authority announced yesterday that the Corporations (Relevant Providers Exams Standard) (Amendment No. 1) Determination ...

Halifax auditor to cough up fines

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 19 AUG 2021
... staff had the skills to conduct the audit. The court found that if the audits were conducted in accordance with auditing standards, the material misstatements would have been detected and Halifax would have been required to cease trading until sufficient ...

ASX posts mixed results

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 AUG 2021
... creating inaccurate market data. "However, the regrettable equity market outage last November fell short of our own high standards and the expectations we want to meet. We will learn from this experience and have already taken steps to enhance our processes ...

Super fund reporting, auditing reform consultation opens

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 13 AUG 2021
... to APRA and don't have to produce publicly available financial reports in accordance with Australian Accounting Standards. "This results in a lack of transparency, accountability and regulatory oversight unsuited to the compulsory nature of superannuation," ...

Funds valued illiquid asset correctly: ASIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 AUG 2021
... managers' illiquid-asset valuation practices were robust, timely and consistent with ASIC guidance and industry standards. "Based on our review, we do not see any need to change our guidance on valuations for managed funds. We encourage the REs to ...

Super ASX dominance trends down: Research

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 AUG 2021
... disadvantaged. "As stewards of investments, asset managers - particularly those that operate at scale - monitor governance standards, engage with company managers and directors, and cast informed votes on thousands of management and shareholder proposals ...