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Norwegian pension fund drops WHSP

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2019
... exclusion through section 2, part 2 of the fund's exclusion guidelines. The guidelines stipulate that any mining companies or power producers deriving 30% or more of their income from thermal coal or basing 30% or more of their operations on thermal ...

Sydney's latest high net-worth individual

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2019
Sydney's HNWI community is set to welcome its latest member, after a woman suddenly became $107 million richer. A mother in her 40s will rocket into Sydney's high net-worth individual set, after she took out the division one prize in Thursday's $100 ...

No-deal Brexit prolongs market uncertainty

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2019
... "She has only three working days to present a revised deal to the House and the scale of the defeat weakens her bargaining power," Himsworth said. If for some reason Article 50 is not extended, Himsworth said the UK will leave the EU without a deal on ...

Former AMP senior manager joins platform

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2019
A former senior leader at AMP has joined the board of Powerwrap as it progresses plans to list on the ASX. Donna Hardman is now a non-executive director on the Powerwrap board, adding close to 40 years' experience in financial services. Hardman is a ...

Xinja funds platform for growth

OSKAH DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2019
... applied for a full banking licence from APRA with hopes of approval sometime in 2019. "Xinja is a fantastic example of the power of equity crowdfunding where 'the crowd' is given the opportunity to back a company they believe in," Wilkinson said. Offering ...

APRA, ASIC welcome Productivity Commission's superannuation report

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2019
The regulators overseeing financial services in Australia have welcomed the Productivity Commission's recommendations to grant them additional powers. After they were blasted in the Productivity Commission's final report into the efficiency and competitiveness ...

Productivity Commission report puts banks first: ACTU

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2019
... funds. According to the ACTU the change would block working people from being represented in superannuation, and deliver power to the industry regulators - who it said had demonstrated themselves to be ineffective in protecting working people from banks ...

Regulators in Productivity Commission firing line

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 10 JAN 2019
... period. The Commission also recommended that until a fund complete the remediation, the prudential regulator should hold the power to stop funds launching new investment options or accepting new members onto existing options.

BlackRock and Microsoft develop retirement platform

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 8 JAN 2019
... are struggling to achieve their financial goals for retirement," Nadella said. "Together with BlackRock we will apply the power of the cloud and AI to introduce new solutions that address this important challenge and reimagine retirement planning."

HSBC appoints wealth leader

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 20 DEC 2018
... management lead for Australia, but will not relaunch a traditional wealth business. Former Westpac state manager Jessica Power will lead the global bank's retail banking and wealth management arm in Australia from December this year, but her appointment ...