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ASIC takes action against more greenwashing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 10 JAN 2023
ASIC has continued its crackdown on greenwashing, having recently fined two more entities over alleged false or misleading statements. Earlier this month, ASIC announced it fined superannuation trustee Diversa Trustees $13,320. Diversa is the issuer ...

Federal Court finds against finfluencer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 9 JAN 2023
The Federal Court determined Tyson Scholz, known as ASX Wolf, was running an unlicensed financial services business for over a year, including providing courses on share trading and recommending stocks on Instagram. The court handed its decision down ...

Super heatmap findings garner mixed responses

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2022
Industry groups, consultants and research houses have reacted to findings about Australia's best and worst performing super funds. APRA heatmaps for MySuper products were released yesterday, exposing many sub-par products, but some in the industry ...

Future Fund subsidiaries set to receive tax exemption

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2022
The government is proceeding with a legislative amendment to exempt Australian subsidiaries of the Future Fund board from corporate income tax. Currently, the Future Fund board is exempt from income taxes, but this exemption doesn't extend to its ...

More alpha gains through ops

ELIZABETH FRY  |  TUESDAY, 13 DEC 2022
Growth in fund complexity and managing assets in-house has triggered intensive efforts by pension funds to beef up their operational and support functions. JANA principal consultant and head of operational consulting, Jo Leaper, says there is a growing ...

BGL adds company tax return to software solution

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 13 DEC 2022
The SMSF provider released an electronic lodgment of the company tax return in its investment portfolio software solution, Simple Invest 360. Simple Invest 360 is an end-to-end investment portfolio management solution for companies, individuals and ...

Lifespan welcomes markets veteran to investment committee

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 13 DEC 2022
The privately-owned financial advice network has appointed high profile financial markets veteran Jonathan Pain to the Lifespan Investment Committee. Pain brings over 38 years of international investment experience and has led investment teams in London ...

Global pension report reveals flight to safety

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2022
As is typical in volatile and uncertain times, a flight to safety is apparent. Global public funds will be net sellers of public equity and some higher-yielding fixed-income assets. They will retreat to safe-haven currencies, with dollar holdings rising ...

CareSuper appoints chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2022
CareSuper has named its new chief executive, taking over from Julie Lander. Michael Dundon will become CareSuper's chief executive in March 2023. He was previously chief executive of VicSuper before it merged with First State Super to create Aware ...

Vanguard cops fine for greenwashing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2022
Vanguard Investments has become the first investment manager to be fined by ASIC over greenwashing. Vanguard paid $39,960 to comply with three infringement notices related to product disclosure statements (PDS) for the Vanguard International Shares ...