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Paradice appoints head of ESG

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2020
... manage their environmental and social impacts effectively, or that fail to adopt robust ethical policies and governance practices, risk suffering direct financial harm or damage to their reputations. I am of the strong opinion that a business' intentional ...

Banks to be questioned on COVID-19 response

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2020
... Superannuation and Financial Services Industry. "The committee will scrutinise the banks on how they are improving their practices and rebuilding trust in the sector," Wilson said. "In particular, the committee will question banks regarding compliance ...

APRA issues new licence conditions on NULIS

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2020
... priority covenants when making decisions that materially affect members. APRA said this measure would improve NULIS' practices and ensure APRA is able to better assess whether members' best interests are being sufficiently considered by NULIS. ...

Two Sydney advice firms merge

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2020
... business into the future. "We have been able to efficiently deal with all of the industry changes that financial planning practices have been faced with, and with the fantastic team that we have created we are ideally placed to look after our most important ...

HESTA takes active approach to class actions

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2020
... promoting sustainable value creation in the organisations we invest in," it said. "HESTA believes that our ownership practices can improve long-term risk-adjusted returns to our members. As such, active ownership is entirely consistent with HESTA's fiduciary ...

HESTA advocates for change post Rio blast

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2020
... they are managing these issues, and we will consider using our voting rights where we identify the need for improved practices and disclosure." "Global investors like HESTA are concerned that engagement with Traditional Owners is well managed wherever ...

Clients value advice during pandemic

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2020
Many advised clients are sticking with their financial planners as COVID-19 tests the resilience of practices, according to Investment Trends. The latest study from the research house surveyed nearly 700 financial advisers in May at the height of the ...

CFA Institute call for feedback on new standard

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2020
... excluding securities, issuers, or companies from the investment product based on certain ESG-related activities, business practices, or business segments. The best-in-class feature is for investors that aim to invest in companies and issuers that perform ...

Roar Software bolsters team, partners with Milliman

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2020
... dynamic shifts in the financial services industry". "The industry needs a fresh approach to technology where advice practices have real choice and freedom to partner with service providers they choose in an integrated environment," he said. Previously ...

Iress posts mixed half year results

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2020
... in independent licensees and the demand in response to advice, compliance and data needs. Iress reported 400 advice practices migrated to its advice software offering Xplan in 2020. In addition, the company saw a strong demand for its superannuation ...