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Financial services laws under review

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2020
... content of financial services providers' obligations, but instead to facilitate a more adaptive, efficient and navigable framework within the existing settings. "The ultimate goal is to achieve meaningful compliance with the substance and intent of the ...

Former energy minister nabs role at investment group

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2020
Former ACT deputy chief and energy minister Simon Corbell has been appointed as the chair of an institutional investment advocacy body. Corbell will chair the Clean Energy Investor Group, an advocacy body representing domestic and global institutional ...

Morningstar upgrades four, downgrades 10

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2020
... 0.29%," Morningstar said. "This improved pricing reduces these prior concerns, and under our revised Analyst Ratings framework Vanguard Australian Government Bond Index stacks up as a worthy Morningstar Medalist." Various strategies were downgraded by ...

Investors will be forced into equities: DeepData Analytics

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2020
... the lack of real structure. "I think the biggest problem for retail investors at the moment is having a structure or framework to help them identify the best risk/return investment options," Somasundaram said. "There are plenty of financial platforms ...

Cbus pledges net zero emissions

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020
... removing high-risk climate holdings. Under Cbus' new Climate Change Roadmap, the fund will develop a stranded assets framework to reduce the risk for its members and ensuring a secure retirement. It comes as Cbus has become the first Australian financial ...

Northern Trust launches ESG capability

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2020
... It can also support Northern Trust's client's alignment to the United Nation's Principles for Responsible Investing framework.

Westpac ditches dividend

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2020
... after its own analysis and reviews, in addition to feedback from regulators, have highlighted that its risk management framework has not been operating satisfactorily. Westpac said there are a number of risks where it has not met its own standards, or ...

Industry veterans launch dealer group

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2020
... said. "If you get the right technology, it will save the adviser time and will also create a more robust compliance framework. If you put the two together, we can have a very compliant dealer group and also very productive advisers." Finchley & Kent ...

FSC calls for scaled advice model

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2020
... FSC also recommended an overhaul of legacy technology systems, urging the government to establish a rationalisation framework to encourage financial services companies to invest in close legacy systems to increase domestic business investment. This would ...

MLC Wealth hires risk chief from QIC

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2020
... is everyone's business at MLC, we need strong and experienced leadership to ensure our enterprise risk management framework and culture is robust, fit for purpose, and enables us to meet the expectations held by all stakeholders including clients ...