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ASIC mainly concerned with media releases: Lawyer

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2020
... down FOFA to the rubble we were forced to live with, and which is now, some six to seven years later, being cleaned up. But not before they extracted one last golden egg out of the goose," Yazbeck said. "Vested interests trumped clients' interests. Revenue ...

Report reveals superficiality of ESG pledges

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2020
... and opportunities associated with climate change into investment decisions and business operations. ACCR found the group did not appear to ask members to disclose their proxy voting records. Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) chief executive Emma ...

Aussie financial firms struggle to manage risk: Study

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2020
... compliance tasks can allow compliance professionals to focus on conduct and risk culture, ensuring the mistakes of yesterday are not repeated. "The stakes have never been higher, and ongoing remediation programs are strong reminders of the consequences ...

CBA coughs up $5m over RC case study

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2020
... in incorrectly charged fees, interest on loans, and underpaid interest on savings. During the proceedings, CBA admitted to not providing the benefits laid out in the terms of the package, with customers instead facing overcharged fees, interest on loans ...

Business leaders recognised

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2020
... girls, and to charitable initiatives. Grady has been an independent non-executive director for a range of public, private and not-for-profit organisations for 24 years, and is currently a director of Macquarie, Tennis Australia and The Hunger Project. ...

Super consolidation to slash 60% of funds

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2020
... increasingly ambitious in their pursuit of scale, and, for many already large funds, targeting smaller sub-scale funds may not be the best mechanism to achieve a material outcome in regard to scale and its associated benefits," Elkins said. "An increasing ...

Government announces fresh crackdowns on foreign investments

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020
... become more complex. "In fact, the world over, governments are seeing foreign investment being used for strategic objectives not purely commercial ones." The reforms cover three key areas; including a new national security test, strengthened compliance ...

Global manager shuts fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020
... quality-factor investing process for a strongly diversified portfolio that incorporates lower carbon-risk scoring but does not totally eliminate fossil-fuel exposure," the Morningstar report noted. In March, AXA IM split its asset management business ...

Senator criticises lazy super system

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020
... it's actually like comparing apples with oranges. "There isn't a system out there that replicates ours. But it's not a perfect system; it's not without its problems," Hume said. Some of these problems stem in large part from the fact ...

WAM responds to Keybridge claims

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020
... offer," WAM said. "The offer also ensures that KBC shareholders who had previously accepted the WAM Active takeover offer are not disadvantaged."