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ASIC helps issuers avoid greenwashing

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2022
ASIC is helping product issuers avoid being accused of greenwashing, outlining exactly how not to market their offering. A new information sheet comes as demand for sustainable products continues to rise, causing a backlash in greenwashing. ASIC undertook ...

Active Super, Vision Super mull merger

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2022
Active Super and Vision Super have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to explore a potential merger. Both parties will undertake due diligence to determine whether a merger is likely to be in the best financial interests of members of both funds. ...

ASFA, Deloitte recommend group insurance changes

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2022
Collaborating to examine the benefits of insurance offered via superannuation, the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) and Deloitte have made recommendations as to how it could be enhanced. A joint report titled ' The Future of Insurance ...

Lifespan partners with OpenInvest to launch advice solution

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2022
Lifespan Financial Planning has launched a digital investing solution to help bridge the advice gap. The new digital investing solution will support the mass market of Australians priced out of receiving holistic advice from a financial adviser. Lifespan ...

BGL appoints head of ecosystem

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2022
BGL Corporate Solutions, has announced the appointment of Brad Wilkinson as head of ecosystem. The head of ecosystem's role is to define and deliver on strategy and roadmaps for BGL's ecosystem, practice management integrations, digital signing ...

Calls for Indigenous super beneficiary changes renewed

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2022
The Indigenous Superannuation Working Group will lobby the new federal government to ensure it reprioritises the recognition of kinship structures in Indigenous communities for increased super access. AIST chief executive and Indigenous Superannuation ...

Crestone warns on economic challenges

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2022
Following the 2022 federal election, Crestone Wealth Management has provided a special report, summarising policy implications for the markets. "For markets, the election has been fought along lines that are likely to be less impactful for markets in ...

APRA identifies NESS Super board deficiencies

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2022
APRA has told the $1 billion super fund to improve its governance after a review found deficiencies with its board. The directions follow a review of NESS Super's governance and an independent review conducted by NESS which identified skill gaps ...

Russell Investments launches ESG managed portfolios

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2022
Following investor demand for more ESG options, Russell Investments has launched a range of sustainable managed portfolios. The Russell Investments Sustainable Managed Portfolios include directly held Australian shares, selected according to ESG objectives ...

ANZ stablecoin amplifies changing operating models

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2022
... later redeemed into fiat currency (conventional state-backed currency)." ANZ banking services lead Nigel Dobson described Defi as a new world and traditional banks as old-world TradeFi institutions, but he said those aren't necessarily mutually exclusive ...