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Advice firms need technology to survive: FPA

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2020
The use of technology will be crucial to the sustainability of advice firms, new research shows. The Financial Planning Association's (FPA) recent survey undertaken by CoreData found that just over half of financial advisers surveyed (50.7%) believe ...

Aware Super finds airport returns despite COVID-19

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2020
Aware Super's investment in Bankstown Airport, in western Sydney, has proved resilient through COVID-19 - thanks in part to an investment in an air wing for NSW Police. Earlier this month, NSW Police opened its aviation support branch - also known as ...

ESG push not going anywhere

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2020
... ESG dominated headlines within the business and economic environment." Additionally, the survey revealed diversity is also a big issue in 2020 with talent management, diversity and inclusiveness remaining a focus for alternative fund managers. The survey ...

APRA eases hard caps in revamped executive pay

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2020
... What qualifies as "material" is not defined in the report, said Swinburne Law School senior lecturer Helen Bird. "It was a big step to go down the prescribed cap path. It was the first time it was proposed," Bird said of putting hard caps. Bird said ...

Audit inquiry overlooks vertical integration

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2020
... found. University of Melbourne professor Allan Fels commented that conflicts of interest should not exist by prohibiting the big firms - Deloitte, EY, KPMG and PwC - from providing consulting work for firms they audit. "If that auditor is also performing ...

Millions of workers facing financial stress: AMP

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2020
Severe and moderate levels of financial stress are impacting around 1.8 million Australian workers, according to AMP's latest Financial Wellness study. AMP said of those 1.8 million, nearly half have been feeling financially stressed for an average ...

Barrenjoey Capital hires from FIIG

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2020
... Institutional Bank. She also held several analyst roles at Macquarie Group for over six years. Barrenjoey has brought on a number of big names in the industry since it was established earlier this year. Former UBS executive chair Guy Fowler has taken ...

NAB Asset Servicing signs up to Charles River

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2020
... is a key factor helping us support our clients' operating models and organisational resiliency." NAB is the only one of the big four banks to offer custody and asset servicing. It has provided custody services since 1950 and global custody and investment ...

COVID-19 spurs proactive investing: Study

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2020
... investments are important factors. Calastone also found that retail investors are open to buying investments from supermarkets and big technology companies. "Australian investors bucked the global trend in being more willing to buy financial products ...

Culture creates better outcomes: Research

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2020
Investment leaders from around the world believe workplace culture is more integral to influencing good organisational outcomes than business strategy, a new study shows. The Thinking Ahead Institute's latest survey of 27 global decision makers from ...