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Clear up uncertainty: AFA, FPA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2022
... confidence that the advice that they have provided in an efficient form today will be assessed as compliant no matter whether it was assessed tomorrow or in five years' time," the AFA's submission reads. The association said this involves pulling some ...

You can't have it all: Retirement income strategies

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2022
... the Retirement Income Covenant. His comments led the panel moderator, AIST senior policy manager David Haynes, to ask whether that means there is a place for a 'soft default' product under the reforms. Brinsmead believes there is, given the number of ...

Carbon transition and MBFID: Is it possible to meet both?

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2022
... citing the risk of reduced asset value and potential inability to sell the asset. However, conversation soon turned to whether making these new investments with decarbonisation in mind would actually meet trustees' members' best financial interests duty? ...

Younger generations lead the SMSF surge: Vanguard

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2022
... Gopal commented: "Previous Vanguard research found that advice provides quantifiable value across the board, regardless of whether clients were human-advised or digital-advised, with the former attributing 5% of their portfolio value to advice and the ...

ESG taxonomy key to achieving policy objectives

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2022
... government has deemed to be sustainable. In other regions, like the EU, there is a lot more detailed framework which includes whether an activity makes a sustainable contribution to one of the six sustainability areas," he said. When it comes to taxonomy ...

ASIC helps issuers avoid greenwashing

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2022
... promotional material. This is especially important for information that investors might reasonably rely on when deciding whether to acquire that product," ASIC said. And they must also clearly explain how sustainability considerations are factored into ...

Atlas Arteria stonewalls IFM

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2022
... about the company and its assets. IFM stated its intention for said information to help the investment manager decide whether to submit a non-binding indicative proposal to acquire all the Atlas Arteria securities that it didn't already own. Subsequently ...

Active Super, Vision Super mull merger

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2022
... 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. In a statement from Active Super, the industry ...

IFM Investors becomes majority shareholder in Atlas Arteria

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2022
... takeover bid for Atlas Arteria but confirmed it would seek access to "certain limited company information, before deciding whether to submit a non-binding indicative proposal" to acquire all the ALX securities it does not already own. There is no certainty ...

3iQ introduces inaugural Australian products

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUN 2022
... investor should consider the latest product disclosure statement for the Bitcoin ETF and the Ether ETF before deciding whether to acquire, or continue to hold, an investment in these funds," Pye said. The Canadian cryptocurrency ETFs initially launched ...