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Sunsuper puts adviser trust front and centre

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAY 2017
... often demonstrate when coming face-to-face with advisers. Kirchenbauer also spoke to the benefits of providing clients with a safe and comfortable office meeting environment, including replacing the large desk and chair with a small round table and a ...

Australia can benefit from Brexit and Trump

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 1 MAY 2017
... the maturing of Asia's economies means the demand profile of products and services will change. Demand for products like safe and high-quality food will rie - the good news is that Australia has a comparative advantage in those products," the report ...

O Canada

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 APR 2017
... unpredictability but also that he continues to "walk his talk", delivering on his promise of "America First". Australia is safe in the meantime while the US-North Korea nuclear threat continues, but when (if?) the nuclear sabre-rattling dies down, we ...

Housing crisis takes emotional toll on Gen X

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 18 APR 2017
Sixty-eight per cent of Gen Xers worry they will be locked out of the property market and for many the prospect is taking an emotional toll, the latest ME Bank study shows. The findings, which come from a study of 1000 "wannabe home owners", shows many ...

Trump versus Kim

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 APR 2017
... that one or both would push the launch button. This would induce heightened volatility in the financial markets and benefit safe-haven assets such as gold but equities would be particularly susceptible to a correction given their relatively high valu ...

First State Super wins government lease

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2017
First State Super and Hastings Funds Management have won the bid to run New South Wales' land registry services, allowing the state to invest $2.6 billion in proceeds to infrastructure projects. NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian and Treasurer Dominic Perrottet ...

Coolabah Capital hires former Energy Super chair

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 11 APR 2017
... try to produce returns by taking on duration risk, credit risk or liquidity risk." "We focus on generating pure alpha in safe and liquid asset-classes through capital gains deriving from mispriced bonds that are converging back to fair value," Joye said. ...

LGS reinstates responsible investing restrictions

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 11 APR 2017
Industry superannuation fund Local Government Super is strengthening its commitment to responsible and sustainable investing by reinstating its investment restriction on nuclear energy and uranium industries. LGS removed investment restrictions on certain ...

ESG risk tool launches

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 10 APR 2017
MSCI has launched a new interactive tool that assesses environmental, social and governance metrics for 8500 companies globally. The MSCI ESG Metrics helps investors measure a portfolio's ESG risk, particularly where a lack of data can be a significant ...

ANZ trials voice biometrics

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 4 APR 2017
... challenges today for banking as the world becomes more digital is making it easier for customers to do what they want to do in a safe and secure way," managing director customer experience and digital channels, Peter Dalton said. "Voice biometrics is ...