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Transition to renewables trumps divestment

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2021
... outlined these, he said. The lack of policy support, particularly at the federal level in Australia, and the lack of standards across the industry are some issues he highlighted. Financial Standard is the official media partner of AIST's Super Investment ...

ABPs alone won't meet retirement income covenant: Knox

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2021
... "longevity" and "flexibility" to something to consider from must-haves. "My hunch is that APRA will produce some prudential standards, some guidance, and an account-based pension only product will not be sufficient because it will not be appropriate ...

Responsible investment sector hits $1.2tn

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2021
... Australian professional managed funds have grown - that's a 30% growth compared to a 2% growth," RIAA executive, policy and standards Nicolette Boele said. "There are three things contributing to this - two growth, one inflows." The report showed that ...

FASEA exam pass rate drops

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2021
... continues to dwindle as less than two-thirds of financial advisers passed the July exam sitting. The Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority announced yesterday that 60% of the 1963 candidates passed the July exam sitting. This is markedly down ...

Financial adviser levy to drop

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 30 AUG 2021
... financial advisers the AFA represents are dealing with a requirement to sit a compulsory FASEA exam and meet other education standards to keep their livelihood, on top of an overwhelming volume of other regulatory reform, huge sectoral restructuring ...

ASIC outlines corporate plan

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 26 AUG 2021
... security among ASIC-regulated entities. Further to this, ASIC will work on preparing the industry for compliance with standards Such as the Financial Accountability Regime, reforms in superannuation and insurance, breach reporting, and the design and ...

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 ...