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Hermes inks local ESG partnership

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2019
... services with $706 billion in funds under advice through its EOS business. ACSI chief executive Louise Davidson said: "This landmark agreement will see two of the world's foremost experts on environmental, social and governance advocacy and company engagements ...

ASIC appeals Westpac Federal Court decision

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2019
The corporate regulator is appealing last year's landmark Federal Court decision, determined to prove two Westpac subsidiaries provided personal financial advice despite not being licensed to do so. In December 2018, Justice Jacqueline Gleeson determined ...

AMP Capital starts new team, appoints two leads

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2019
... portfolios," Pahari said. "Having established ourselves as a global mid-market sector specialist, supported by a number of landmark deals across multiple geographies, we understand how important it is for our large clients to increase their access to ...

MLC Centre goes on the market

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2019
... GPT's Sydney office exposure drop by 5% to 60% while its weighting to Melbourne would grow from 30% to 34%. Considered a landmark in Sydney, the MLC Centre comprises 66,829 square metres of office space; 6,013 square metres of retail space; a theatre ...

ASIC and Westpac court battle sees mixed outcome

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 4 JAN 2019
A landmark Federal Court judgment has provided greater clarity between general and personal financial advice, ruling in favour of Westpac's position. Yet the bank still managed to breach the Corporations Act. Judge Jacqueline Gleeson said ASIC failed ...

Foreign owners take over life insurance: KPMG

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2018
... be seen whether Australia will finally see an improved performance of the bancassurance channel on the back of recent landmark third party bank-insurer strategic alliances." Over the last five years, the proportion of life insurance written inside superannuation ...

Super funds suit up for Royal Commission

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2018
... - including administration and insurance - as opposed to third-party providers. Early this year, ASIC handed down its landmark vertical integration report, which found that some trustees and their financial advisers were pushing in-house products at ...

BetaShares shareholder buys $13 billion fund manager

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 FEB 2018
... success of the combined business globally." Mirae Asset's global head of ETFs, Taeyong Lee, described the merger as a landmark event for development of the Mirae Asset Global ETF business. "With Global X on board, we are now connecting one of the most ...

Macquarie Wrap SMAs accrue landmark FUM

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2018
In just three years Macquarie Wrap's separately managed accounts have amassed more than $1 billion in funds under administration. Reflecting strong interest from advisers and clients seeking flexibility and efficiency, Macquarie Wealth Management head ...

Financial Standard's top stories of 2017

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 22 DEC 2017
... click-worthy stories of this year. The biggest stories of 2017 spanned new super funds, major strategic partnerships, landmark ASIC investigations, long-serving industry executives passing the baton and sweeping reforms. The top 10 stories were: 1.GROW ...