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IFM Investors sets significant emissions targets

KRISTI CHENG  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2019
... alternate power sources, the uptake of electric and low emissions vehicles, LED lighting, rooftop and large scale solar, smart management systems and energy efficient office spaces. CEFC chief executive Ian Learmonth highlighted the enduring nature of ...

Complex retirement system requires simplicity: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2019
... well short of that." It should be simple to understand so that retirees who don't seek financial advice can still make smart choices, she added.

IOOF establishes super trustee office

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2019
... which in May exercised its newly vested powers and directed IOOF to implement and maintain the OST or risk facing a financial penalty under the SIS Act. Recently appointed IOOF chief executive Renato Mota said the wealth manager had been working "diligently" ...

What is holding Aussie robo advisers back?

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2019
... options such as ETFs. "Just because a wealth manager has a website and an app doesn't make it a robo adviser [ASIC money smart has a website for example]," Dunnin said. Rainmaker research also found that most robo advisers in Australia were not set ...

NEOS Life partners with insurance tech firm

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2019
... reduced risk, he added. Found in 50 locations globally, Ebix provides software and e-commerce services to the insurance, financial, e-learning and healthcare industries. It aims also to provide software-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions in CRMs, front-end ...

Praemium FUA skyrockets

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 AUG 2019
Praemium saw funds under administration hit $16.1 billion over the last financial year, thanks largely to its off-platform managed accounts service. The ASX-listed platform's FUA shot up 108% in FY19 as a result of launching the Virtual Managed ...

Imminent launch for start-up super fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2019
... transparent and competitive fees, as well as help members calculate and pay individual taxes, Hall added. Hall, a former BT Financial Group and Bravura Solutions executive, helped set up Tomorrow Super in March 2016. A newly formed advisory board recently ...

Average Aussie $560k richer with advice

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2019
... report: annual rebalancing, preventing behavioural mistakes, planning and additional wealth management services and tax-smart investing. It estimates an adviser's ability to mitigate behavioural mistakes alone adds 1.9% in additional returns to a client's ...

ISA lays out $416bn super saving plan

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2019
... super. This fixes both at the same time," Linden said. "This report shows the huge efficiency gains that can be made through smart policy. ISA's plan will fix multiple accounts, weed out underperforming funds, and most importantly, deliver more money ...

Association names new chief

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2019
... also served on Standards Australia's risk management committee and ASIC's Business Advisory Committee. "Judith is smart and articulate and ideally placed to lead the Association into the future," Green said. "This became evident during our campaign ...