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RBNZ puts Westpac on notice

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAR 2021
... decisions. In addition, the prudential regulator launched action against the bank over material breaches of liquidity standards relating to incorrect treatment of specific funding and loan products for the purposes of calculating the Liquidity Coverage ...

Rainmaker reveals 2021 AAA super products

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAR 2021
... Dunnin said. "To achieve the AAA Rating, superannuation products are independently assessed to ensure they meet high standards across investments, fees, insurance, communications and more." The number of funds to receive the top rating was down slightly ...

ASIC praises super trustees

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAR 2021
... expected trustees to ensure that these tools presented estimated impacts adjusted for inflation, adopted appropriate standards and assumptions, and clearly disclosed the assumptions and variables used in the modelling and that the figures disclosed are ...

NZ overhauls regulation of advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAR 2021
... Qualifying Financial Entities (QFE) adviser. These has all been removed, with all advisers now required to meet the same standards and subject to a new Code of Conduct. Now, individuals must either hold a Financial Advice Provider (FAP) licence or be ...

Active funds quell passive flows

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAR 2021
... information is more restricted, and the home-market bias leaves investors with fewer assets that would meet global ESG standards, Calastone found. "ESG strategies have been a significant contributor to the success of active global equity funds. This ...

WTW wins mandate from NZ government super fund

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021
... include evaluating the fund's ethical investment approach and framework in the context of international best practice standards. "This includes consideration of how the Authority is taking account of and reporting on climate change," WTW global head ...

Low pass rate for latest FASEA exam

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021
The latest Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority (FASEA) exam had the lowest pass rate yet. A total of 1079 advisers sat the exam, compared to an average of 1323 across all exams. Only 73% of those that sat the January exam passed. The overall ...

CSC pivots towards divestment

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAR 2021
... system. These companies, for example, were two of the first companies in Australia to adopt the transparent reporting standards advocated by the Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosures which was set up by the Financial Stability Board internationally." ...

IOOF firms abandon ship

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAR 2021
... they know our growth and success is linked to theirs," Moustacas said. "And thirdly, in my opinion their professional standards team is the best in the industry, which gives us comfort that the other advisers in the network will have the same high level ...

Pahari's pay packet revealed

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2021
... harassment or misconduct in our workplace, it has identified some key improvement areas to meet global best practice standards," Hazelton said. AMP chief executive Francesco De Ferrari took a hit to his remuneration in 2020, taking home $6.7 million ...