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Pendal appoints impact investment team

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2019
... said the fund will create positive change as well as returns. "This fund will seek to generate positive environmental and social outcomes alongside positive returns," he said. "We firmly believe that the creation of these positive outcomes will actually ...

Westpac directors slammed

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 12 DEC 2019
Social enterprise Women on Boards has demanded that more heads roll, ahead of Westpac's AGM in Sydney today. Ruth Medd, who co-founded Women on Boards, made the remarks as a long-term shareholder in Westpac and experienced chair and non-executive director. ...

Risk roles on the rise: SEEK

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2019
... core focus for the private sector in 2020, thanks to more active regulatory bodies. Other key trends in the report include social services and construction as employment growth areas, and demand for temporary versus permanent work holding steady. SEEK ...

Chief economist update: Eurozone negative rates a failure?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2019
... Riksbank will probably be the first central bank in Europe to exit a negative policy rate, which has fostered political and social discontent -and ever deeper negative rate policy has failed to generate material economic recovery." Samranvedhya is correct ...

New boutique launches with Channel Capital

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2019
... Channel did not disclose the fees. Current investments include aged care, affordable housing, behind-the-metre solar and a social impact bond. It opens to wholesale and institutional investors early 2020 and has so far raised about $40 million in a friends ...

Ethical super fund shutters themed options

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2019
... investment options following a review. Good Super, which was founded by Sargon's Phillip Kingston and Aron D'Souza as a social impact superannuation fund, has closed four of its themed investment options to new and existing members following a review ...

Boomers show healthy ESG appetite

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2019
Environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing is well and truly on the radar for savvy millennials, but new research has revealed it could also be the secret ingredient to tempting Baby Boomers into engaging with their super. The research, coming ...

Tech-powered is empowered: SOAs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2019
... engagement with an SOA's content which will no doubt improve the chances of Australians accessing advice. After all, the Social Science Research Network has found that 65% of people are visual learners. "Digital SOAs are key to improving the advice experience. ...

New social network for advisers

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2019
A new peer-to-peer online forum for financial planners has launched in response to the need for community in a period of immense change for the profession. Introduced by the Financial Planning Association of Australia at the 2019 FPA Congress, the FPA ...

Vale David Smith

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2019
... superannuation industry and in the union movement as a passionate representative of working people. David shared a deep sense of social justice and commitment to working towards a fairer and more equitable Australia."