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APRA releases annual corporate plan

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2022
APRA published its updated plan to reinforce the financial soundness of the banking, insurance and superannuation industries over the next four years, with few surprises on offer. The priorities in APRA's new Corporate Plan for 2022-2023 are based ...

Activus SMAs now available to more advisers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2022
Activus Investment Advisors is making its suite of SMA portfolios available on platform for the first time, partnering with Macquarie Wrap. The Activ-ator range was launched four years ago, comprising multi-asset portfolios with four risk profiles ranging ...

BetaShares launches Metaverse ETF

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2022
BetaShares has today launched a Metaverse ETF on the ASX, adding to its thematic fund offering. A company issued statement called the BetaShares Metaverse ETF (MTAV) an Australian first. It aims to track the Bloomberg Metaverse Select Index and currently ...

FSC guidance looks to eliminate greenwashing

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2022
The Financial Services Council (FSC) has released guidance setting industry expectations for net zero targets, the labelling of investment products and transparency of climate risk disclosures. On the guidance's creation, FSC chief executive Blake ...

Aware Super completes agricultural land sale

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2022
Aware Super has sold its Lake Boga farming portfolio to agricultural investment firm goFarm for approximately $30 million. The 9000 hectares of agricultural land between Lake Boga and Kerang in northern Victoria was put up for sale in September last ...

KPMG spotlights super's biggest challenges

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2022
KPMG has flagged ESG, tax governance, financial crime, adaptive investment operations and regulatory risks as some of its key considerations for the super sector in 2022. According to KPMG's latest Super Insights 2022 report, last year climate change ...

Federal Reserve delivers 0.75bp rate rise

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2022
The US Federal Reserve raised its policy interest rate by 0.75 basis points to 2.5% and indicated further increases will likely be appropriate. Explaining the decision, Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell said: "From the standpoint of our congressional ...

Suncorp agrees to super class action settlement

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2022
Suncorp is set to pay $33 million to settle a class action brought by superannuation members in 2019 over conflicted remuneration paid to financial advisers. The class action was brought by William Roberts Lawyers in June 2019 on behalf of Suncorp Super ...

Perpetual funds down amid market decline

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2022
... favourable foreign exchange movements which benefited AUM by $6.5 billion. Perpetual chief executive and managing director Rob Adams acknowledged that the company's AUM had been impacted by a decline in markets. However, Adams also touted Perpetual ...

Certe acquires Genesis Financial Partners

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2022
Certe has acquired Genesis Financial Partners with a vision to create a large, integrated professional services firm with over 20 staff and nine advisers. Under the deal the specialist insurance advisory firm has acquired 60% of Genesis upfront and ...