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Heritage engages EY to help deliver its Open Banking solution

From Heritage Bank

Heritage Bank has announced it will team up with leading professional services organisation Ernst & Young Australia (EY) to deploy a new Open Banking solution that will unlock opportunities for... Read more continue reading

22 Feb 2021

Nuveen to acquire clean energy financing leader Greenworks Lending

Nuveen, a leading global investment manager, has agreed to acquire Greenworks Lending, a national leader in Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy (C-PACE) financing. The acquisition gives Nuveen a foothold in... Read more continue reading

22 Feb 2021

FASEA update: Helping advisers prepare for the exam

From FASEA - Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority

With five Exam sittings remaining for existing advisers to sit and pass the exam, FASEA draws advisers’ attention to support and materials available to assist their exam preparation. Pre-exam webinar... Read more continue reading

19 Feb 2021

Iress chair succession

From Iress

Iress has announced that Iress chair Tony D’Aloisio will step down as director and chair of the Iress Board at the conclusion of the company’s Annual General Meeting on 6... Read more continue reading

19 Feb 2021

Structural and cyclical influences driving focus on rising inflation

From GSFM

The following are some comments from Steve Miller, an adviser at GSFM, on inflation and bond yields. He also looks at the minutes from the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC)... Read more continue reading

19 Feb 2021

Count Financial grows national advice network with three new firms

From Count Financial

Count Financial Limited (Count Financial) has announced that three new firms have joined its national network of advice businesses. Sydney-based advice firms Plan Protect and YS Financial Planning join Financial... Read more continue reading

19 Feb 2021

Female underemployment rate hits 7-year low

From Craig James - Commsec

Labour force Employment rose by 29,100 in January (consensus: +30,000) after increasing by 50,000 jobs in December. Full-time jobs rose by 59,000, but part-time jobs fell by 29,800. The unemployment... Read more continue reading

19 Feb 2021

New duty of care proposal ‘no cause for concern’ for SMSF trustees

From SMSF Association

The self-managed super fund (SMSF) sector has no grounds for concern about the proposed introduction of a new duty requiring all superannuation fund trustees, including SMSF trustees, to act in the... Read more continue reading

18 Feb 2021

Ausbil fund excludes fossil fuels

The Ausbil Active Sustainable Equity Fund has celebrated a successful three-years since inception by formally excluding fossil fuels. Previously, the fund had excluded material investments in controversial activities such as uranium,... Read more continue reading

18 Feb 2021

PPS Mutual launches unique income protection underwriting offering for newly qualified professionals

From PPS Mutual

PPS Mutual has launched a market-first income protection underwriting offering for newly qualified professionals at the beginning of their professional career. The Professional Choice offer enables newly qualified professionals to increase their... Read more continue reading

18 Feb 2021

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