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Water investing makes a splash

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 MAY 2017
Investable water opportunities - tipped to be worth $30 billion in Australia alone - are increasingly gaining traction with retail and institutional investors. The potential of the water investment market is "huge", particularly when it comes to water ...

Banks can offer fintech an olive branch

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 1 MAY 2017
Financial technology upstarts promise to reinvent financial services, yet large institutions are accused of hindering progress. In an email blast to thousands of customers last year, Commonwealth Bank warned the use of certain fintech services could ...

Robotic stock picking: the future is now

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 18 APR 2017
The world's largest fund manager has shifted the goal posts for active equity investment, announcing it will take the enormous step of combining humans and machines for stock selection. The question is what scale does this new man and machine combination ...

Financial Standard wins prestigious award

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 6 APR 2017
Financial Standard journalist Alex Burke has been honoured for a series of feature articles on retirement income, winning an award at the Australian Citi Journalism Awards for Excellence. Burke was judged winner of the Markets and Investment category ...

Responsible investing demand unstoppable

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 3 APR 2017
Global demand for ethical investment strategies and products is putting more pressure on asset managers to generate returns beyond hard performance numbers. Australia and New Zealand held A$675 billion in sustainable investment assets in 2016, or 50.6% ...

'Retire ready' is more than a large super balance

EMMA RAPAPORT, STEPHEN FAY  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAR 2017
Satisfaction in retirement is a function of more than financial security, with other factors equal or more powerful in driving overall satisfaction, according to presenters at this years' Conference of Major Super Funds. At a session on retirement and ...

FSC board appoints AMP exec

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAR 2017
A senior AMP executive is joining the board of the Financial Services Council. AMP group executive, advice and New Zealand Jack Regan will also become co-chair of the FSC's advice board committee. Before his current role at AMP, he was managing director ...

Senior hires at REST

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAR 2017
REST Industry Super appointed two senior wealth management executives in newly-created roles to help drive employer relations. Joining the $43 billion fund as head of employer engagement is Matt Russell. He will lead the national business development ...

PIMCO unitholders approve $10bn RE transaction

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 20 MAR 2017
PIMCO unitholders have voted overwhelmingly in favour of the manager internalising responsible entity services for over $10 billion in funds under management, representing one of the largest RE transitions in Australian history. Just five months ago ...

Estate agents to become RG146 certified

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAR 2017
... Australian Financial Services licensee or to obtain a license themselves. According to a statement from REIA, it first engaged the IPA around the designing and provision of a course for real estate agents in regards to property advice after an October ...