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SSGA launches ESG-heavy strategy for Aussie instos

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2018
... companies with better overall ESG profiles and excludes tobacco, controversial weapons, nuclear weapons, and stocks flagged as not adhering to international norms and principles like the UN Declaration of Human Rights. SSGA head of global equity beta ...

Royal Commission grills professional associations

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2018
... superannuation fund despite her objections. McKenna wrote a formal complaint to the FPA in March 2017, which until today has not been resolved, De Gori told Senior Counsel Assisting Rowena Orr. He couldn't confirm precisely when it will be resolved other ...

Norway dominates sovereign wealth funds

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2018
Norway's Government Pension Fund Global (GPFG) remains the world's largest sovereign wealth fund, buoyed by an equities portfolio propelling most of its US$1.06 trillion assets under management. Preqin's latest sovereign wealth fund asset report shows ...

ClearView terminates agreement after takeover bid expires

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2018
After the 18-month window for a Japanese life insurer's takeover bid expired, ClearView terminated the co-operation agreement between the two parties. In October 2016, Sony Life agreed with Crescent Capital Partners to acquire a 14.9% stake in Clearview ...

High profile adviser under fire

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2018
... $500,000. Henderson told the inquiry this recommendation was made with the belief that McKenna had meant to say defined benefit, not deferred benefit. This is also despite the clarification having been made by SASS during a phone call made by Henderson ...

Chief economist update: Inflation remains in the slow lane

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2018
... pick-up in the Australian economy; The second point is that it is more likely that the next move in the cash rate will be up, not down, reflecting the improvement in the economy." The third and fourth points answer our question: "The third point is that ...

IOOF updates market on ANZ wealth sale

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2018
... regulatory hurdles to the completion of ANZ Wealth Management acquisition have been favourably resolved." It added the ACCC does not intend to conduct a public review of the acquisitions, and the extension of concessional tax treatment for transferring ...

ANZ, NAB bottom lines take a hit

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2018
... employees will be made redundant in place of 2000 newly created roles. NAB, which is also fronting the Royal Commission, did not disclose legal or compensation-related costs it anticipates to incur. In March 2016, the bank completed its de-merger of ...

Royal Commission singles out 325 NAB staff cutting corners

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2018
... "deliberately falsified details" on those forms and that he had breached NAB's code of conduct and licensee standards. NAB did not report Meyn's conduct to the association of which he eventually became a member, the FPA. NAB chief customer officer - ...

AMP kept unsuspecting clients in the dark: RC

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2018
... attempt to compare investments between funds and gave baseless reasons why they should switch funds - which Britt agreed did not justify or outweigh the exit fee. Two months before meeting the couple, AMP conducted Mr E's first audit, which unravelled ...