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Helping everyone helps women

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2020
... Aviva. Aviva developed an equal parental leave policy offering up to one year of leave in the UK, with 26 weeks at full basic pay for each parent employed by the company. All employees were eligible for the parental leave, with no eligibility criteria ...

Morningstar boosts financial planning capabilities

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2020
... perfect partner to help leverage PlanPlus Global's capabilities. "Morningstar has shown a vision and commitment to enable basic goal planning all the way through to advanced planning for high-net-worth-focused advisors," Brayman said. "When it comes ...

Retirement review goes off the rails

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2020
Superannuation experts are concerned the retirement income review may be getting out of hand, evidenced by numerous stakeholder submissions straying from the consultation guidelines by proposing a complete transformation of the super system. At the ...

Why Phillip Morris gets ESG points

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2020
... turn up results that don't mean much. For example, Wal-Mart owns its own trucks and Amazon outsources its shipping. A basic ESG screen or score without further interrogation may indicate Amazon has a smaller carbon footprint - however, that carbon ...

Factor investing, sustainability a perfect match

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2020
... more sustainable in practice. "Moreover, the level of sustainability integration these products offer often remains too basic, making it impossible to adjust them to specific client needs." Quantitative strategies it argues, can flexibly integrate sustainability ...

Coronavirus to infect Q2: Capital Group

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020
The economic impact of the coronavirus has been grossly underestimated, with jolts likely to be felt well into the second quarter. That's according to Capital Group economist Stephen Green, in a speech televised to attendees at the recent Financial ...

Separate advice and product: AIOFP

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2020
... into the current discussion around the capital adequacy requirements for AFSL holders and should lead to having two AFSL basic categories - advice and product, with different conditions." The $40 billion in failed managed funds figure that the AIOFP ...

Infrastructure boutique hires former Hastings director

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2020
Nicole Connolly's Infrastructure Partners Investment Fund has appointed a former Hastings director as its head of portfolio construction and research. Kurt Lemke is joining IPIF after working as Hastings Funds Management's group director for ...

DIY SMSF platform launched

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2020
... accounting fees. "It makes no sense for people running a super fund to pay an accountant - sometimes well over a $1000 - for basic transaction recording when they can do most of it themselves," Bain said. DIYSOL aims to record fund transactions and produce ...

Salaries of the rich and famous

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2019
... million. Based on today's conversion rates, Bet365 chief executive Denise Coates raked in $523 million (£277 million) as her basic salary; up $108 million (£57 million) from the previous year. But that's not all - Coates also earned an extra $87 million ...