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Industry fund launches ethical investment option

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAR 2017
A $20 billion industry superannuation fund is joining several peers in offering a socially responsible investment choice for members. Hostplus' Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) - Balanced option was launched on the back of increasing member and ...

Goldman Sachs launches junk bond ETF

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAR 2017
New-York based financial firm Goldman Sachs is planning to launch an ETF which will invest in high-yield corporate debt, according to documents filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. The ETF will track an index of dollar-denominated bonds ...

SMSF investors shift gears

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 27 MAR 2017
... portfolio is invested in just one investment type outside of managed funds. AMP Capital head of self-directed wealth and SMSF Tim Keegan says this presents an opportunity for advisers to help SMSF trustees construct their portfolios and navigate market ...

Super trustees need better vigilance: APRA

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 27 MAR 2017
APRA's deputy chair Helen Rowell hit out at superannuation trustees who incur "inappropriate expenditures" saying that unnecessary costs negatively affect outcomes for members. Speaking to delegates at the 2017 Conference of Major Super Funds (CMSF) ...

Franklin Templeton launches adviser education tool

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 27 MAR 2017
Franklin Templeton Investments has launched its global online training portal for advisers in the Australian market. Franklin Templeton Academy provides an interactive learning curriculum for financial advisers aiming to enhance financial planning knowledge ...

Younger investors flock to offshore equities

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 27 MAR 2017
Generation X and Y investors have a marked preference for international stocks compared to their elders, according to the latest research from nabtrade. In the 12 months to 31 January 2017, nabtrade found Gen X investors raised their turnover of international ...

First Super appoints director

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 27 MAR 2017
The First Super board now comprises five female members following the addition of a new director. Janet Gilbert, a legal and industrial relations lawyer with the Timber Trade Industrial Association, joins the industry fund's board as an employer representative. ...

Obamacare one, Trump nil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 MAR 2017
"I think this is something - it certainly was an interesting period of time. We all learned a lot. We learned a lot about loyalty. We learned a lot about the vote-getting process. We learned a lot about some very arcane rules in, obviously, both the ...

Record crowd rocks FICAP

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAR 2017
... Prince's 'Purple Rain' UBS Best New Talent: Brian Stoddart (Zurich), The Doors' 'Roadhouse Blues' ANZ Best Returning Talent: Tim Sanderson (CFS), Darryl Braithwaite's 'Horses'. Financial Standard is the exclusive media partner of the annual FICAP charity ...

Panorama fortifies BTFG adviser market

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAR 2017
BT Financial Group's mammoth financial outlay in upgrading its wealth management platform will generate cost savings of $100 million per year with benefits for financial advisers and investors. BTFG head of product development Anil Sagaram said it's ...