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Instos demanding ESG metrics

MARK SMITH | TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2016

Institutional investors are calling for metrics to analyse companies' environmental, social, and governance (ESG) practices in the belief that these can correlate with positive financial performance. Michele Giuditta, associate director at global analytics ...

Super industry bodies unite over adequacy

DARREN SNYDER | FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2016

Four superannuation representative groups are uniting to lobby the federal government to alter the proposed objective of super so it includes the concept of retirement adequacy. In a letter to Minister for Revenue and Financial Services, Kelly O'Dwyer ...

Westpac COO departs, management restructures

ALEX BURKE | FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2016

Westpac will reshuffle its executive team following the departure of its chief operating officer who is set to retire from the company. John Arthur joined Westpac in 2008 as group executive, counsel and secretariat. He became chief operating officer ...

Magellan eyes 'exponential growth' from second machine age

MARK SMITH | TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2016

Magellan's positions in Tesco and Lloyds Banking Group have hurt the group's flagship Global fund as the pound has plunged in the wake of the Brexit vote, but chief executive and chief investment officer Hamish Douglass has his sights on more exciting ...

Myer Family Investments names new chief executive

MARK SMITH | MONDAY, 1 AUG 2016

Myer Family Investments (MFI) appointed a new chief executive and one other board member. McAleese Group chief financial officer John Russell will join as MFI chief executive in November. In a statement MFI said it is delighted to welcome Russell to ...

Hedge funds battle identity crisis

DARREN SNYDER | MONDAY, 25 JUL 2016

You could be forgiven for thinking hedge funds are facing a global identity crisis upon reading some of the latest research distributed across the institutional investment industry, but there are plenty of Australian managers and representatives willing ...

Independent body will make new standards simpler: FPA

KERRIE SYDEE | FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2016

The establishment of an independent standards body will make the professional standards transition clearer and easier to comply with, according the Financial Planning Association (FPA) chief executive Dante De Gori. Speaking at the Sydney FPA roadshow ...

PROFILE: Metlife chief executive Deanne Stewart

KERRIE SYDEE | FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2016

A born leader, Deanne Stewart, chief executive of MetLife Australia, has both a love of numbers and desire to help others, two things that have driven her commitment to creating change in the financial services industry. Stewart says she has always ...

Focus on older men will kill financial planning

ALEX BURKE | FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2016

The over-representation of over-50 men in financial advice spells doom for the industry, according to Affinia head Marcus O'Sullivan. Commenting on a panel at the 2016 FSC Leaders Summit in Melbourne, O'Sullivan said the severe lack of diversity in ...

Evans and Partners expands investment team

KERRIE SYDEE | TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2016

Evans and Partners has appointed a senior research analyst and research analyst to their international equities team. Joining established team members Stephen Arnold and Nick Cregan, James Hannam joins as a senior research analyst and Will Dowd as a ...

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Mercer Super chief executive steps down

RIDDHIMA TALWANI | 12:01PM

Mercer Super chief executive Claire Ross is departing after almost 17 years in senior leadership roles at the retail super fund.

AusFood Super looks to revitalise member engagement

MATTHEW WAI | 11:30AM

The $3.5 billion super fund has partnered with InvestStream to launch RetireSmart+, becoming the first super fund to bring an AI-powered engagement experience to some 66,000 members.

L1 Group posts 'marked recovery' in June quarter

RIDDHIMA TALWANI | 12:13PM

L1 Group has reported a marked recovery in investment performance in the June quarter.

European PE firm mandates Apostle with Australian distribution

RIDDHIMA TALWANI | 11:50AM

Apostle Fund Management has been appointed by European investment firm Triton Partners for the distribution of its credit strategies in Australia and New Zealand.

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