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New super fund targets millennials

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2020
... agreement with an independent third-party data provider, Sustainable Platform, to measure our portfolio against the SDGs and determine the impact of your super investment," a spokesperson for Elevate said. "One component of the data collection process ...

Analysts remain wary as ASX breaks 7000

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2020
The S&P/ASX 200 Index has broken the 7000 mark following news of Trump and China finally signing a trade deal, but analysts remain wary of the new record high. The Index gained 47 points on Thursday to finish at 7041.8, setting a new record high for ...

Cbus Super chief to exit

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2020
David Atkin will leave as the $57 billion superannuation fund's chief executive later this year after 12 years in the role. Atkin steered Cbus as it grew from just $12 billion in assets under management, adopted a more comprehensive approach to ...

Janus Henderson shuts down Aussie fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2020
Janus Henderson Investors has shut down the $159 million Australian version of its global emerging market equities fund, returning capital to investors. The Australian fund was officially terminated on October 31 and the windup concluded a month after. ...

FSC, super sector steps up for bushfire affected

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JAN 2020
... has endeavored to contact its life insurance members on behalf of those affected, and have them check their records to determine whether they have a policy or hold other relevant information for those people. It comes amid calls by some in the wealth ...

Sophistication: More than money

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 7 JAN 2020
Under the FASEA Code of Ethics the amount of money an individual has to invest can no longer be relied upon to determine whether they are a sophisticated investor or not. Sophisticated investors are defined by ASIC's Money Smart as investors with a ...

Westpac to pay $9.5m for Corps Act breaches

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2019
Westpac has been ordered by the Federal Court of Australia to pay $9.15 million over poor financial advice provided by just one former adviser. The court case relates to poor financial advice provided by Sudhir Sinha which breached the best interest ...

Concerns over cancelled ASFL complaints

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2019
ASIC has cancelled the AFSL of KP International Group after the regulator suspended it earlier this year, but concerns remain. ASIC said after the suspension, KP International advised the regulator that all relevant officers of the company had resigned ...

Westpac served class action

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 DEC 2019
Westpac has confirmed it was served with a class action on behalf of shareholders in relation to the AUSTRAC investigation. The class action has been filed by Phi Finney McDonald. The claim relates to market disclosure issues connected to Westpac's ...

Time-poor advisers to embrace model portfolios

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 DEC 2019
New research from global asset manager State Street Global Advisors reveals financial advisers may shun traditional investment management tasks in a bid to spend more time on clients as mounting regulatory and compliance responsibilities take their ...