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Future Fund appoints head of ESG risk management

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2014
The Future Fund has appointed a new head of environmental, social and governance risk management. Joel Posters will relocate from The Netherlands to take up the role and is expected to start in August 2014. Until recently Posters was global head of ...

Baby boomers account for four in five dollars under advice

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2014
Over 55s now account for two-thirds of all financial planning clients, and four out of every five dollars under advice, the latest report from researcher Investment Trends shows. An aging population and generational wealth differences have made retirees ...

Second PM Capital LIC now trading on ASX

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2014
PM Capital's second listed investment company (LIC), the PM Capital Asian Opportunities Fund, is now available to trade on the ASX. PM Capital has raised $225 million across two IPO's since November 2013. The second IPO was targeted at investors looking ...

Super returns bonanza fizzles out

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2014
Super funds have seen the lowest rates of return for almost two years, according to figures released by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA). In the March quarter, super funds with more than $50 million in funds under management saw ...

Global healing?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2014
Yes, no, maybe... I don't know. It's another happy day for the stock markets, hoisted up by the news du jour of positive indications from the latest PMI survey readings. Yes. The Markit Economics index of US manufacturing rose to a flash reading of ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2014
The Australian share market is set to open higher after Wall Street posted modest gains overnight. The March share price index futures contract is 11 points higher at 5,499. In local economic news on Friday, the Housing Industry Assocation releases ...

Bennelong CEO Jarrod Brown steps down

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2014
The chief executive of Bennelong Funds Management (BFM) Jarrod Brown is to step down from the business effective tomorrow. In statement the fund manager said that the search for a replacement chief executive was "well advanced." In the interim, BFM ...

FSC serves boutique with 'surprise' exit fee

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2014
The Financial Services Council (FSC) has gone to the courts to force UCA Funds Management (UCA) to pay an $8,000 'resignation fee', a charge the fund claims it knew nothing about. UCA chief executive Michael Walsh told Financial Standard that when in ...

MySuper dashboards, ASIC warns trustees

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2014
Following a regulatory review of MySuper product dashboards, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has issued extra guidance to superannuation trustees about how they need to be handled. The guidance update focuses on how the dashboards ...

Kerr Neilson: Against the grain

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2014
Mark Smith speaks to Platinum Asset Management co-founderA Kerr Neilson on his views about philanthropy, his contrarian approach to investing and opportunities in the SMSF sector. The Neilson family certainly isn't afraid to go against conventional ...