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Future of life insurance in doubt: APRA

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2020
... disability income insurance remains an issue. "The life insurance industry's on-going failure to design and price sustainable disability income insurance products continued to be an area of heightened focus for APRA in 2019," it said. Losses from the ...

Climate crisis tops list of risks for 2020s

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2020
... deep-rooted risks." The Global Risks Report brings the World Economic Forum's stakeholders together to develop sustainable, integrated solutions to the world's most pressing challenges. The report, produced in partnership with Marsh & McLennan ...

BlackRock wakes up to climate change

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2020
BlackRock will double its ESG ETF offerings, dump investments in thermal coal and increase sustainable assets under management tenfold this decade. All this, just six months after it was revealed that BlackRock lost more than $133 billion by investing ...

Crestone bolsters team

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2020
... at Credit Suisse Private Banking. Later in 2019, Rachel Etherington joined from a Sydney-based family office as a sustainable investment adviser. She is also a non-executive director of Future Super. Jaime Sanqui also joined Crestone's Melbourne office ...

Credit Suisse backs sustainability amid Federer furore

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2020
... investment giant - something many have questioned as he gears up for the Rally for Relief charity match this week. Sustainable investing has traditionally been considered the exclusion of unethical investments; alcohol, tobacco, gambling, fossil fuel ...

UniSuper on climate chopping block

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2020
... in the companies causing the problem." "Instead of paying lip-service, UniSuper can and must be at the vanguard of sustainable investment." UniSuper has released number of updates on its climate change policy, most recently in November of last year. ...

No joy in the advice world this Christmas

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 DEC 2019
... Royal Commission, Daniels said the overwhelming majority of advisers want a professional, ethical, transparent and sustainable industry. "Decades of constant reform has only served to reduce competition and pave the way for the big banks to dominate ...

YouTube fundie name erased from flagship

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 17 DEC 2019
... expertise in both public and private assets, alongside its deep sector experience, will enable the portfolio to deliver sustainable value and positive long-term shareholder returns," Schroders chair Susan Searle said. "I have been highly impressed with ...

The dark horses of Aussie shares funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2019
... $1 billion Australian Growth Companies Fund which did 4% over the benchmark. The second spot was taken by AMP's sustainable share fund. Two funds from BlackRock made the cut the Alpha Tilts Fund and the Australian Share Fund. Three funds from Macquarie ...

Pendal appoints impact investment team

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2019
... to both fiduciary and retail investors." Demand for impact investments has been driven by the United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals, which requires $5-7 trillion in investments annually to address global challenges like climate change and ...