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Colonial First State to cut tobacco by 2020

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2018
Colonial First State has vouched to offload all its tobacco-related investments by 2020, as it signs on to the UN-endorsed Tobacco-Free Finance Pledge. CFS currently has less than 1% of total assets in tobacco-related investments but declined to disclose ...

Chief economist update: China on the down low

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2018
At first glance, the acceleration of China's year-on-year consumer price inflation in September to a seven-month high of 2.5% from 2.3% provides a positive indication that domestic demand remains healthy. However, the devil is always in the details. ...

Super funds excel in reporting obligation

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2018
Nearly all large superannuation funds are fulfilling reporting obligations to a "high standard," the ATO's latest diagnostic reports show. In its fourth year running, the 2017 Risk Differentiation Framework (RDF) report found APRA-regulated funds successfully ...

Northern Trust appoints head of quant

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2018
The global asset manager has hired a Russell Investments research director in a newly-created role, as it expands its Australian business. Scott Bennett will now head Northern Trust's Australia and New Zealand quantitative research and client solutions ...

Chief economist update: When QE turns to QT

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2018
There's no shortage of rationales explaining the on-going heightened volatility on Wall Street. Throw a dart into a dartboard of reasons and you'll likely to hit a rational one - rising US bond yields, expectations of a more aggressive Fed ...

Charity comparator to launch premium service

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2018
A charity comparator website co-founded by a former Lonsec general manager is set to launch a premium vetting service for wealthy donors. The Impact Suite collects data on about 56,000 not-for-profits (NFP) and charities. The free version launched in ...

SMSFs: Who, what, where, when and how

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2018
Financial advisers have been provided with a simple checklist to employ when considering recommending a self-managed superannuation fund to clients. Australian Financial Complaints Authority lead ombudsman - superannuation, June Smith reinforced the ...

JP Morgan Asset Management grows distribution team

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2018
JP Morgan Asset Management appointed a former BlackRock institutional director, expanding its Australian distribution team. Prema Basoor links with the US$1.7 trillion firm as an executive director, institutional client advisor. She will be based in ...

Ban Dollarmites: Spot poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2018
Banks should be banned from pedalling financial products in schools, Financial Standard's latest spot poll shows. More than half (53%) of readers agree that CBA's Dollarmites program and any other financial products promoted in schools by financial ...

Lost super sits at $17.5bn

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2018
The total amount of lost and unclaimed superannuation stands at $17.5 billion, new data from the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) shows. During 2017-18, unclaimed super reduced by $420 million, with New South Wales accounting for more than $2.2 million ...