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Responsible investment guide launched

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2018
... representative are organising seminars in four cities this week to engage with advisers. RIAA chief executive Simon O'Connor said: "The guide sets out to demystify responsible investing, unscrambling all the jargon, to help advisers move up the learning ...

MetLife scores group insurance mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2018
... insurance offerings to its 145,000 members, replacing incumbent group insurer CommInsure. Tasplan chief operations officer Nick Connor said the partnership with MetLife would give members a strong offering to help them navigate the changing landscape ...

Industry veterans join global commission

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2018
... Australia (UTA) chairman Robert Jolly, as is New Zealand Superannuation Fund head of responsible investment Anne-Maree O'Connor. Australian Senator and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Marise Payne, will serve as a co-convenor of the Commission. Launched ...

Boutique grows to meet managed accounts demand

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2018
A boutique asset manager is welcoming a national business development manager in order to meet increasing managed accounts demand. Quilla Consulting appointed Steven Jessop as national business development manager to meet growth in its managed accounts ...

Commitment to ethical investing booms

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2018
... products and mandates - particularly across tobacco and controversial weapons. According to RIAA chief executive Simon O'Connor, the findings speak of ESG considerations sitting alongside financial returns as critical components that inform the investment ...

Impact investing reports sharp growth

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2018
... through green bonds have significantly contributed to the growth in impact investments. RIAA chief executive Simon O'Connor said most impact investments are made through private debt. "By number, the majority of impact investments are in private ...

AMP Capital promotes real estate talent

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 2 JUL 2018
AMP Capital has promoted several members of its real estate investment team to leadership roles. Kylie O'Connor has been named chief operating officer for real estate, managing the division's group-wide finance, strategy, research, governance ...

Responsible investment now mainstream

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2018
... through super funds. The RIAA report reveals 60% of super funds now apply fund-wide exclusions, RIAA chief executive Simon O'Connor said. In 2016 only 34% of funds reported such fund-wide strategies. The report shows that responsible investment implementation ...

Super fund redesigns insurance offering

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2018
... Insurance in Superannuation Voluntary Code of Practice well ahead of the 2021 deadline. Tasplan chief operations officer Nick Connor said the fund's new insurance design intends to be compliant with the new code by April 2019, earlier than the required ...

Former Millennium 3 adviser banned

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2018
... Lonsdale Financial Group financial adviser was banned for seven years for personally using client funds. Glenn William Connor was banned by ASIC after it found that he had used clients' assets as security for a margin loan and borrowed client funds. ...