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The challenging nature of ethics

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2017
... to the rest of the world - six million people die a year from tobacco-related illness," Payne said. Despite this, the majority of Australia's super funds are still invested in tobacco - an estimated $10 billion in total. "Tobacco is also included in ...

Aussie investors push tobacco exclusions

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 3 APR 2017
... towards ex-tobacco investment portfolios. Vontobel Asset Management global equities portfolio manager Ramiz Chelat said majority of the firm's assets in Australian mandates are run with an ex-tobacco screen, and more clients are requesting this shift ...

Data limiting ethical investing

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAR 2017
... Investing enlightenment: how to combine principle and pragmatism to achieve sustainable value through ESG, an overwhelming majority (87% in APAC and 92% globally) of institutional investors want companies to explicitly identify ESG factors that materially ...

ABA committing to industry reforms

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAR 2017
The Australian Bankers' Association announced it will commit to the majority of the Khoury Report's proposed banking reforms, promising to raise its code of practice to meet higher standards. Of the 99 recommendations, the ABA is fully supporting 61 ...

Fintechs and instos must align: Saxo

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAR 2017
... trillion), meaning the opportunity for collaboration is ripe. During his recent trip to Australia, Fournais said the majority of financial firms are introducing old mainframe technology that is heavily siloed towards one product. Fournais believes this ...

Fintech Nod takes on the unadvised

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2017
... system works great for the 20% of people who see financial advisers on a regular face-to-face basis, this leaves the majority of the market "unserviced". "The people out there who aren't receiving financial advice are still stressing about their finances ...

Life insurance ripe for disruption

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2017
... times report. For those who remain, establishing and retaining customers' trust will be critical to their success as a majority (58%) of Australians PwC surveyed said their life insurer will not be there for them in their time of need. The 8% growth ...

One Direction and the BOE

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 MAR 2017
... policy statement specifically named one of the nine members of the monetary policy committee (MPC) who dissented with the majority: "Kristin Forbes considered it appropriate to increase Bank Rate by 25 basis points". While Kristin is due to leave the ...

Gen Y prefers liquid investments: KPMG

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAR 2017
... 55% would value free financial planning if it had a focus on spending, down 10% on the prior corresponding period. "The majority would prefer advice/coaching to be delivered via digital channels largely driven by convenience, not being 'pressured' by ...

Global PE firm buys Australian office chain

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAR 2017
... currently actively pursuing investment opportunities in Australia and New Zealand; the Staples acquisition complements its majority stake in directories business Sensis, which it bought from Telstra. "The Staples business in Australia and New Zealand ...