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Investment teams hire two men for every woman: Study

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 NOV 2022
... investment industry that truly represents the wide spectrum of beneficiaries we seek to assist." Moving away from gender, the study also found the number of asset managers disclosing investment team ethnicity has dropped from 39% in 2021 to 32%. Black ...

Australian retirement system given B+

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2022
... time," CFA Institute Board of Governors member Maria Wilton said. Mercer senior partner David Knox was the lead author of the study. He said the Australian system needs to shift its culture and focus from accumulation to management of balances in retirement. ...

PwC appoints chief economist for Australia

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2022
... challenges and deliver sustained outcomes." Alongside her role at PwC, Auster is a member of the advisory board to the APEC Study Centre at RMIT, a research fellow at Monash University Business School, a member of the Melbourne Economic Forum, and Women ...

Advised Aussies better off on all fronts: Study

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2022
... quality of life, financial confidence, and satisfaction. It surveyed 406 advised consumers and 645 unadvised consumers. The study looked at a range of life measures and found those who receive financial advice responded more positively to all of them. ...

Vanguard to liquidate factor ETF

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2022
... distinct role in investors' portfolios," Vanguard head of portfolio review Dan Reyes added. Interestingly, a new global study from Invesco found factor investing to be gaining popularity amid rising inflation and that there is increased demand for ...

The untold story of adviser education

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2022
... qualification completions and nearly 5000 qualifications in progress. Highlighted by Knight, there was a total of 5542 non-award study pathways of which most students studied a single subject pathway. Of these, 97% of students' one subject was the ...

Continuity an increasing focus for family offices: Survey

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2022
... comprise both independent advisers and family members. Most family offices have an active investment policy statement, the study found, but this varies significantly whether the family is first generation (44%) or second and beyond (63%). Finally, 75% ...

NZ Super shifts $25bn to low carbon indices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2022
... long-term exposure to fossil fuel reserves NZ Super Fund noted that the fund's performance has continued to be strong, citing a study by independent think-tank Global SWF which found the fund, with an 11.79% return over the past six years, was the top ...

Climate skills development needed: Research

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2022
... services industry needs, with Atherton saying it was suspected the gap existed in Australia too. For the purpose of the study, climate skills were defined as "skills, knowledge and competency" including personal skills and skills within an organisation. ...

The time is right: AFA chief

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2022
... a phenomenon that has been experienced across most of the professional associations, advisers are time-poor when they do study they need to study what is most important." He highlighted that the FChFP and the Chartered Life Practitioner were assessed ...