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Westpac halts short-term bonuses, culls Litepay

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2019
... by AUSTRAC last week, Westpac chair Lindsay Maxsted yesterday said the bank was determined to fix its issues and lift standards. As a result, the bank's executive team and several members of its general management will lose "either all or part" of ...

Ethics code creates confusion around ESG

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2019
A debate is raging about what the Financial Advice Standards and Ethics Authority's Code of Ethics means for ESG investing and advising clients on ethical investment options, with FASEA chief executive Stephen Glenfield looking to clarify the issue. ...

RBA blames lack of demand in property downturn

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 OCT 2019
... Households may be more conservative in their willingness to borrow given low income growth." "Lenders are applying tighter standards than in the past. Both of these may well combine to result in a more muted pick-up in lending than in the past," Debelle ...

Fund Manager of the Year revealed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 14 OCT 2019
... saying it was impressed by its suite of boutiques and varying investor platforms. "Additionally, judges rated their high standards in reporting, access to investment professionals, effective education and communication of manager strategies, making them ...

First carbon neutral super fund named

KRISTI CHENG  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2019
... Development Goals, including climate change," Blakey said. The carbon neutral certification is based on international standards and best practice carbon accounting. The process to become certified includes carbon accounting, independent auditing and ...

Secrets to selling revealed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2019
Standards International founder Michelle Hoskin gives her tips for successfully selling a financial advice business. Appearing at the 2019 Association of Financial Advisers' National Conference, Hoskin revealed that businesses she had coached were worth ...

Climate policy more than divesting: UniSuper

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2019
... citizens searching for action on things which matter to them. "Previously when the community wanted certain environmental standards, they elect people and this people make laws and the environmental problem gets solved," she said. "In recent decades ...

AFA expands support for paraplanners

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 22 JUL 2019
... Conference in August. Hoskin is the founder of the UK certification body for financial services standards, Standards International, and recently led a committee to develop and launch a new standard for paraplanners. There is a special offer for paraplanners ...

Super fund divests companies with all-male boards

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2019
... all companies that do not include a single woman on their board, saying they are not only failing to meet community standards, but are likely to deliver underwhelming financial results too. Future Super managing director Kirstin Hunter said: "It's ...

HESTA joins ESG social media fight

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2019
... these issues - like other large organisations that operate in the real world, they need to be held accountable for high standards of safety." The coalition of funds says it wants accountability from social media companies and prove they are acting to ...