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New role for AMP Capital ESG head

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020
... valuable to our clients, partners and stakeholders and will enable us to continue to drive progress, raise industry standards, and inform global best practice in sustainable investment." Chronos Sustainability managing director Nicky Amos added that ...

Calls for overhaul of AFSL system

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2020
... an AFSL and the client. "Future reforms to the regulation of financial advice should occur through the professional standards framework and rely on individual registration of financial planners." The FPA believes the continued use of the AFSL system ...

Advice job market not all doom and gloom

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2020
... They want them to be registered to provide financial advice, have their own referral network, have passed the FASEA standards or be on the way to passing, and they want them to be comfortable with technology. "Holding your Certified Financial Planner ...

State Street rejigs international equities fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2020
... ESG scoring system, R-Factor(TM). R-Factor draws on multiple data sources and leverages the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board's (SASB) widely accepted, transparent Materiality Map to generate a unique ESG score for listed companies, according ...

Clearstream rebrands Australian acquisition

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2020
... This will allow them to benefit from lower costs, Clearstream said, as well as increased efficiency and international standards. Clearstream Banking chief executive and head of investment fund services Philippe Seyll said its Australian offering will ...

FPA confirms redundancies

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2020
... and showcasing the value of financial advice to consumers. "Our members are facing more regulation, higher education standards and increased costs. At the same time, there has never been a greater need for Australians to seek financial advice," De Gori ...

US regulator settles with Ares

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2020
... Fund. "Ares takes its fiduciary responsibilities very seriously and remains committed to operating with the highest standards of governance and compliance," a spokesperson for Ares Management Corporation said. "We fully cooperated with the SEC in this ...

Adviser banned for five years

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2020
... appropriate for his clients," the regulator said. "The banning of Mr Lewis is part of ASIC's ongoing efforts to improve standards across the financial services industry." Lewis has the right to appeal to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal for a review ...

FASEA unclear why advisers are quitting

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2020
... the year. Glenfield was less clear on how many financial advisers were yet to meet or begin the new FASEA education standards. "Around about 3000 advisers by the end of 2019 had commenced or completed bridging courses. There were over 6000 bachelor degree ...

Litigation funders will need AFSLs

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2020
... supported a licensing regime that would include capital adequacy requirements, disclosure obligations and reporting standards. Omni Bridgeway also said it supports a minimum return to group members in a class action of no less than 50% of the proceeds ...