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Zenith hires former asset management chief

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAY 2018
Zenith Investment Partners appointed the former chief executive of an Australian equities fund manager as its national sales manager. David Parr joins Zenith at a time the investment research firm is broadening its managed accounts capabilities, on ...

Fund manager names new chair

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2018
... chief executive. In other ISPT news, the fund manager recently acquired a 12.9 hectare brownfield parcel of industrial-zoned land located about 30 kilometres west of the Sydney CBD. The property, 44 Clunies Ross Street, Prospect, is leased to Austral ...

Morningstar creates carbon risk investment tool

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2018
Investors measuring carbon risk in portfolios have a new tool to score carbon exposure across 30,000 funds globally. Introduction of the Morningstar portfolio Carbon Risk Score aims to move beyond carbon footprinting to provide an assessment of carbon ...

Kina expands IRESS relationship

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2018
... New Guinea. According to Kina, this should ensure members receive their contributions sooner, with contributions able to land in member accounts instantly in some cases. General manager of Kina's wealth management business Adam Fenech said the implementation ...

Water risk infiltrates agriculture portfolios

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2018
... supply chains of food, beverage and apparel companies reliant on raw materials. "In Australia, water is detached from the land, so the water system is tradable - you don't have to own land to own water. That's created and allowed for water to flow to ...

Whitehelm Capital acquires AGL assets

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018
Infrastructure manager Whitehelm Capital has acquired a portfolio of regional and compressed natural gas refuelling assets from electricity and gas giant AGL. Whitehelm Capital purchased the assets on behalf of Sustainable Energy Infrastructure, which ...

SSGA launches ESG-heavy strategy for Aussie instos

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2018
State Street Global Advisors is introducing a new low carbon, high ESG international equities fund for Australian institutional investors. Partnering with MSCI, the State Street Low Carbon ESG International Equities Index Trust is the next iteration ...

Advisers no longer standing still on social media

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2018
Financial advisers are no longer sitting on their hands when it comes to social media, using various platforms to have the most meaningful conversations with clients. Latch Social founder and director Tom Loneragan said social media has become a crucial ...

Royal Commission must cast net wider

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2018
The next fortnight will see the Royal Commission grill some of Australia's biggest providers of financial advice, albeit with some noticeable absences. During the Commission's second round of hearings the big four banks and AMP will appear, as will ...

Dimensional launches global ESG bond fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2018
... account greenhouse gas emissions intensity (including potential emissions from yet-to-be-mined coal, oil or gas reserves), land use and biodiversity, toxic spills and releases, operational waste and water management. Tobacco, alcohol, gambling, adult ...