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Sunsuper adds to investment committee

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2013
... veteran Justine Hickey to its investment committee. In April Hickey resigned from her position as director at Australian Ethical Investment (AEI). She had been the longest serving board member and made the decision upon the recruitment of a number of ...

Retirees could benefit from a vibrant annuities market

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2013
... declining skills in managing their money - that's regardless of whether they get dementia or not," he said. But despite the ethical arguments for pensions over lump sums, Asher said superannuation and insurance providers' hands are tied by government ...

NFP directors not engaged in fundraising

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2013
Directors of not-for-profit (NFP) and charity organisations often play no part in fundraising for their organisations beyond making an annual donation, according to a new study co-funded by the Perpetual Foundation. Perpetual general manager of philanthropy ...

Image of financial advisers still low

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2013
... professions and a large majority, 90% (unchanged in three years) of Australians aged 14 and over, rate nurses as the most ethical and honest profession. This is 19th year in a row since nurses were rated the most ethical and honest profession since they ...

Accountants replaced by Cloud technology

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 30 APR 2013
... disrupted by the internet. It's not years away - it is happening right now. I already know of accounting firms who have had 'ethical clearance' letters from Asian Accounting firms doing the work directly for their clients," sProactive Accountants Network ...

Australian Islamic finance presents opportunities

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2013
... other markets, such as the UK where 22 banks offer access to Islamic finance products. Shariah compliant funds have strict ethical guideline and are not allowed to invest in any asset associated with tobacco, alcohol, weapons, gambling, pork or adult ...

Australian Ethical director resigns

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2013
As foreshadowed at the Australian Ethical Investment (AEI) AGM in November last year, director Justine Hickey has resigned effective immediately. Hickey was the longest serving AEI board member (having been appointed in March 2007), and made the decision ...

Latest Financial Standard issue available on the iPad app

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2013
In the latest edition of Financial Standard, we publish our feature report on ethical investing, gathering the views from fund manager Australian Ethical and financial planning group Premium Wealth Management, to name just a couple of ESG investment ...

Super funds eye World Bank Green Bonds: Nikko AM

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2013
... more than $3 billion in funds under management. "Our first unit holders were almost exclusively portfolio managers with ethical investment mandates but now we have a three-year history we're getting a lot of traction elsewhere," explained Kinnersley. ...

FPA reiterates need for professional qualifications

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2013
... and financial planning is no different," he said. "While FPA members already hold some of the highest educational and ethical standards in the industry, there are those in the industry who call themselves financial planners but are seemingly unaware ...