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ESG assets made clear: JPMorgan

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2008
Australian fund managers and super funds worried about the principles governing their investments can now siphon "unethical" assets via JPMorgan's ESG-friendly screen. Unveiled three months ago in Europe, JPMorgan has developed a post-trade environmental ...

Research and rating firms welcome Govt review

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2008
... the current regulatory framework and whether it might also require updating. "To ensure we get the full picture, the review will also look at how ratings advice is used by retail and wholesale investors. Chris Dalton, Standard & Poor's Australia and ...

Finsia names new president

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2008
... on Finsia's board for roughly two years and has been a director at the institute since 2005. "Over the next two years we will increase our focus on delivering premier professional services, strengthening our policy and advocacy program and further developing ...

Taggart partners with Zurich to reach home-based business

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2007
... Australia via a direct distribution website. The website, called www.homebasedbusiness.com.au, is only in its early phases but will expand to offer directory services, other support material and more financial services and products for the 860,000-strong ...

The $10 million sustainable punt

... its direct property investments through an SRI check too. In August, it bought a nine-storey Sydney CBD building which it will convert into a 100 per cent 'green powered' property. The fund already owns more than $400 million in direct property, all ...

Super is now the centrepiece: Vanguard

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAY 2007
... insurance makes insurance even more attractive to buy under your super fund's umbrella. "The full impact of [these changes] will possibly not be fully understood for several years but it promises to fundamentally change the role of superannuation in ...

Asteron launches income product for 80s and over

KATE HAGE  |  THURSDAY, 31 AUG 2006
... when retirement savings start to dwindle. Designed to complement the pension, the Asteron Longevity Income Stream (ALIS) will use three Vanguard index fund options and give investors a guaranteed lifetime annuity from the age of around 85 to death. Asteron's ...

St Andrew's grows in leaps and bounds

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 18 AUG 2006
... we've focused on attracting customers by providing low-cost, straightforward products which offer good value for money. "We will also continue to leverage the experience and expertise of our parent HBOS plc in the UK, where bancassurance is a key component ...

RP Data and Rismark to reform property pricing info

... Strategic Partnership to rectify house pricing measurement inaccuracies. Under the five year partnership agreement, RP Data will work with Rismark to develop property price indices and automated valuation tools that are comprehensive, accurate and uniform. ...

Funds management industry set for generational change

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2005
... superannuation makes up 78 per cent of funds under management and a financially sophisticated younger generation, the next 25 years will mean a rethink of the nature of the industry. ING Investment Management Asia Pacific chief executive Chris Ryan says ...