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CFA Institute investigates ESG investment gap

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAY 2017
The CFA Institute is partnering with a United Nations-backed organisation to determine why investment managers aren't standardising environmental, social and governance factors across all asset classes. CFA Institute, together with the Principles for ...

CFA considers AI, robo-advice in exams

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAY 2017
The CFA Institute believes artificial intelligence, fintech and robo-advice will have the greatest impact on the financial services industry - to the extent it is considering including such topics in its examinations. An overwhelming majority (70%) ...

Investment management industry needs overhaul: CFA

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 10 APR 2017
The CFA Institute believes the investment management industry is at a critical inflection point, urging leaders to transform business models and adopt new skills or else risk future success. Investment managers must also do more to build trust with ...

Nikko Australia appoints COO

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2017
... chairman of the Investment Subcommittee of the New Zealand Society of Actuaries and is a former New Zealand representative on the CFA Institute Global Investment Performance Standards Council. Lynn commences his new role in Sydney on 6 February.

Aussies attempt CFA in record numbers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2017
... standards in the lead up to new legislative requirements has seen a 40% increase in the number of Australians attempting to become CFA certified. The number of Australian candidates sitting the December 2016 CFA Level I exam jumped to 2387 from 1695 ...

Investment managers must find purpose, not performance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2016
... our ecosystem to find new ways of flourishing, new ways of capturing alpha," President and chief executive officer at the CFA Institute, Paul Smith, said. In Australia, 75% of respondents cited pressure from members of their board and management team ...

Aussie super funds building world-class investment teams

JAMIE WILLIAMSON, DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2016
... and 35 pension funds globally, also said Australia has the lowest allocation of insourced investment professionals with a CFA. That said, the study recognises the correlation between the number of insourced investment employees and pension funds' total ...

Investors expect gender diversity: CFA

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2016
New research from CFA Societies Australia finds more than 50% of individual investors would prefer to work with a team of gender diverse investment professionals. CFA Societies Australia, a member society of CFA Institute, is calling on financial services ...

Morningstar reappointed as CBA advice research provider

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2016
... live longer in retirement while facing changing economic environments." Commenting on the reappointment Heather Brilliant, CFA, chief executive of Morningstar Australasia, said: "We're pleased to renew our longstanding relationship with Commonwealth ...

Australian trust in financial services low

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2016
... Only 50% of Australians believe that businesses in the financial services industry will do 'what is right', according to the CFA Society's 2016 global investor survey. The survey, From Trust to Loyalty: A global survey of what investors want, found that ...