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Industry fund changes asset consultant

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2019
A $12 billion industry superannuation fund has appointed a new asset consultant, ending a 17-year relationship with Willis Towers Watson. LGIAsuper has appointed JANA to act as its asset consultant, marking the third of its key external contracts to ...

Macquarie asset management business down

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2019
... culture and accountability - saying it is a valuable exercise. Warne noted: "Macquarie's Group-wide environmental and social risk policy provides a robust framework for embedding environmental and social risk management into investment decision-m ...

Deeming rate calculations should be independent: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2019
... independent body. After the Federal Government lowered deeming rates from July 1, we wanted to find out if the Minister for Social Services should no longer set the rates. Seventy-six percent of respondents said the task should be handed over to an independent ...

Impact investing under threat

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2019
... sustainable or low carbon funds invested in companies whose business isn't aimed at addressing a clear environmental or social problem, as outlined in the United Nations Principles of Responsible Investing Sustainable Development Goals, he says. ...

US bonds present ESG problem

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2019
... Ground explained why this issue is relevant to investors: "One of the things that a lot of people struggle with is the social issues in ESG. We all understand governance issues, we like nothing more than dissecting someone's pay. People generally ...

Super fund increases fees

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2019
A $12 billion superannuation fund has made a series of changes to its administration and investment fees. As of July 1, LGIAsuper has introduced a flat administration fee of $1.50 per week across all of its investment options, including diversified ...

ESG options outperform in the short term: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2019
Investment options managed according to socially responsible, ethical or sustainability principles tend to outperform in the short-term, new superannuation research shows. Rainmaker's latest Roundup report, which analysed 139 multi-manager, strategic ...

Former financial adviser jailed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2019
... taken everything... You just can't believe it. You feel like an idiot. You feel like how could this man who invited us to social dos and whose family we met do this? Then we realised it wasn't just us, it was so many other people." Stevenson and her ...

Remembering Ron Grima

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2019
... influential people in Australian financial advice, featuring in Financial Standard 's FS Power50. In a LinkedIn post, The Social Adviser founder Baz Gardner wrote: "Ron Grima, you were my first BDM and the first person to take a serious interest in growing ...

Super fund appoints investment lead

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2019
A former NAB Asset Management executive was appointed chief investment officer of a $250 million superannuation fund. Jason Hazell has joined Crescent Wealth as its new chief investment officer, bringing with him more than 20 years' experience in super ...