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Three Aus funds awarded AAA climate rating

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2016
... Lambert said: "It's a real honour to be recognised for our achievements in this global forum. "We believe that economic prosperity and the financial wellbeing of our members depend on a healthy environment, social cohesion and sound corporate governance ...

MSCI measures insto ESG exposure

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2016
... Goals (SDGs) adopted by the United Nations last September. The SDGs aim to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity worldwide via a series of targets to be achieved by 2030. MSCI ESG Sustainable Impact Metrics groups the 17 SDGs into five ...

Mercer expands financial advice business

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2016
... customers in Western Sydney and better service its growing Mercer Super Trust clients. "We are committed to improving the prosperity of Australians, and the expansion to Parramatta places us at the geographical heart of Sydney and a major business and ...

$1m does not make you rich, Australians say

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2016
... get super right, it helps Australians in retirement and helps our economy. When we get it wrong, we risk our future prosperity. We do believe a key priority should be to establish a clear objective for our super system - one that all future reforms can ...

Aussie pension policy needs careful adjustment: IMF

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2015
... that Australians have become accustomed to over recent decades will be challenging. The IMF emphasises that boosting prosperity and maintaining Australia's position as one of the world's leading economies will require action to increase productivity ...

OPINION: Why ditching the monarchy makes sense in the Asian century

ANDREW BRAGG, DIRECTOR OF POLICY AT THE FINANCIAL SERVICES COUNCIL  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2015
Like most of Australia's major industries, the future prosperity for the financial services sector clearly lies in Asia. Australians constantly talk of the economic opportunity presented by the three billion people that will be in the Asian middle class ...

Advisers to remain at centre of CBA: Narev

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2015
... funds." He said that as the institution strived to operate at greater and greater scale, for the good of Australia's prosperity, it was increasingly hard to "listen" to customers. "There are people out there, as I speak, not having a great experience ...

Spring FG to launch digital advice platform

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2015
... superannuation assets in one place. Spring247 will be available in July and has been developed by fintech specialist My Prosperity. Users will be able to consolidate in one place bank accounts, credit cards and loans, shares, managed funds and superannuation ...

Modi under the spotlight

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2015
... and dams that have clogged the river that is India." "Such a move would unleash a huge flow of economic growth and prosperity," he said. With the global economy preparing for a period of zero or even negative returns, Modi's reform agenda could be essential ...

China millennials dictate future of emerging-market investment

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2015
... between 1980 and 2000, and this generation is distinct from those previous in that they grew up in a period of relative prosperity. They have a higher standard of education (and higher earnings) than their parents and roughly a quarter have undergone ...