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Cull flat fees for small pensions: Report

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2019
... admin fees as a flat fee. In January, when the fund hiked its flat admin fee from $1.50 a week to $2.25 a week, Rainmaker analysis calculated how it would affect the smaller-balance members. It found balances of $6000 will see total fees increase from ...

Fossil fuel holdings cost BlackRock investors $90bn

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2019
... largest fund manager about its failure to manage climate risk shows. The Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) delivered a scathing report on the US$6.5 trillion fund manager, calling out its "broad statements" on sustainable ...

JANA hires quantitative applications lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2019
... Victorian Funds Management Corporation, responsible for creating and executing risk-related policy, risk and investment analysis models, as well as providing input into portfolio strategy. Over his nearly 10 years at VFMC, he also sat on the investment ...

Workplace deaths missing from ESG reports: ACSI

KRISTI CHENG  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2019
... was a key takeaway from the council's 12th annual assessment of ESG reporting by ASX200 companies, which expanded its analysis to include safety metrics this year. It found that 22 people from 13 ASX200 companies died in their workplaces in 2018, 16 ...

BlackRock partners with $23bn super fund

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2019
... niche area and has been brought to the mainstream, because of increased access to more granular data, more sophisticated analysis, shifting societal understanding of sustainability and a growing awareness that ESG factors can be tied to a company's ...

Mercer slams Grattan Institute

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2019
... said the age pension people receive is actually lower than Grattan claims. "Our report is the first to offer a detailed analysis of Grattan's research assumptions, many of which don't stack up to closer scrutiny," Knox said. He added Grattan ...

Boutique manager hires investment banking expert

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2019
... senior roles at ANZ for more almost 12 years, most recently as a director of credit property, as well as research and analysis for institutional property. Muspratt and Wilkinson take the roles of investment associate at MCP, having recently worked at ...

FASEA exam results expected soon

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2019
... the results of June's inaugural FASEA exam by midway through August, after a "comprehensive marking approach and analysis." The organisation has also extended the registration period for exams coming up in September, December and February 2020, giving ...

$50bn super fund links with software firm

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2019
... delighted to be working with Cbus to deliver an innovative investment data platform that will underpin reporting, exposure analysis and decision making across the firm," Lotter said. "The selection process was very thorough, and we are delighted to have ...

Consultancy launches virtual business coaching

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUL 2019
... financial advisers in Australia without the time to access the firm's direct business coaching support. Combining a business analysis tool with access to business strategies, templates, how-to guides, training videos, peer-to-peer discussion and live ...