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Norwegian pension fund drops 52 coal companies

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2016
Norges Bank has announced that 52 coal companies, including two Australian ones, will be excluded from the roughly $1 trillion Government Pension Fund Global. The exclusions came after the introduction in February of a new "product-based coal criterion" ...

SSGA restructure sees distribution head depart

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2016
State Street Global Advisors' head of distribution for Australia and New Zealand has departed following a management restructure. Peter Mitchell joined SSGA in 2011 and was responsible for institutional and retail investment solutions, covering ETFs ...

Look up in the sky, it's the yen

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2016
... month - or perhaps make an inter-meeting surprise announcement to stress its determination to bring the yen lower. Bank of America Merrill Lynch thinks the tipping point for intervention is the ¥100 level but Morgan Stanley doubts whether intervention ...

DeVere chief defends Panama privacy

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2016
... economic, political and/or social unrest. "For instance, there is a real and present danger of kidnap in some parts of Latin America for high net worth individuals and their loved ones who keep their wealth 'onshore'. As such, there is a place and a ...

Ghosts of emerging markets past not worth the risk

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2016
... that were there 10 years ago have resurfaced," said Bell. Instead Bell Asset Management is focusing its efforts on North America, where 72.8% of their absolute asset allocation sits. "North America is where we're finding the best opportunities at the ...

Global institutions join sustainable investment group

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2016
... including acting on climate change and advancing access to clean energy and water. The CFI was originally launched by Bank of America in 2014 with a $1bn commitment and a goal to stimulate at least $10bn in new investment into high-impact clean energy ...

State Street SHE Index aimed at capitalising on diversity

WHITNEY FITZSIMMONS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2016
... portion in the financial, health care and industrial sectors. "SHE seeks to help address gender inequality in corporate America by offering investors an opportunity to create change with capital and seek a return on gender diversity," SSGA vice president ...

Riskier glidepaths could be one retirement answer

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2016
... maximising good outcomes. When you maximise risk, the range of outcomes becomes very wide," Lester said. "Most people [in America] take all their money within three years of retirement. That may be changing but most people's money goes away and rolls ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2016
Brazil unemployment The unemployment rate in Latin America's biggest economy jumped to 8.2% in February from 7.6% in the previous month. This is slightly higher than expectations for a rise to 8.1% but is the highest since May 2009. Hardly surprising ...

AMP Capital COO made redundant in restructure

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2016
AMP Capital has made a C-suite executive's role redundant as it reshuffles its leadership team to expand internationally. The company has structured its distribution efforts around three regions - Australia and New Zealand, the North-West region (which ...