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First State Super confirms firefighter academy investment

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2016
Investment from First State Super is helping to build a world class training facility for Fire & Rescue NSW (FRNSW). Launched by NSW Minister for Emergency Services, David Elliott and FRNSW commissioner Greg Mullins, the Fire & Rescue NSW Academy is ...

UK pensions not fussed about in-housing

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2016
... grow among Europe's pensions and insurers," David Walker, lead author of the report, said. "Such structures are a clear danger to managers selling their expertise in hard asset investing to institutional clients, which seem increasingly unwilling to ...

Shorten attacks government's retro super changes

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2016
Federal Opposition Leader Bill Shorten used his budget reply speech last night to label the government's superannuation changes as "retrospective" and reaffirm Labor's election policy on the $2 trillion industry. On Tuesday the government announced ...

Police super a budget beneficiary

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2016
More than 16,000 New South Wales police officers will directly benefit from one of the federal government's superannuation measures to be announced in Tuesday's budget. Both federal and NSW governments have agreed to share the costs of an arrangement ...

BlackRock's Fink issues stark warning for global economy

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2016
Shifting energy costs, the waning Chinese construction boom, extraordinary monetary policy and the rise of automation mean the global economy is now more fragile than at any point since the financial crisis, according to the head of the world's largest ...

DeVere chief defends Panama privacy

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2016
... who live in countries where there is economic, political and/or social unrest. "For instance, there is a real and present danger of kidnap in some parts of Latin America for high net worth individuals and their loved ones who keep their wealth 'onshore'. ...

Research shows ethical investing at tipping point

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2016
Six million working Australian's are "highly ethically active" according to research conducted by Australian Ethical, which the asset manager said would lead to mainstream products adopting tighter ESG screens. Australian Ethical predicted that the ...

Super funds losing billions to fossil fuels

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2016
Activist group Market Forces has published a report estimating 15 Australian superannuation funds have lost about $5.6 billion on fossil fuel investments since 2014. The recent study also found losses from fossil fuel investments may have cost some ...

Who spooked the greenback?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2016
... "risk" since the onset of 2016? They're getting back their mojos. Many, many times I have scribbled on this space about the danger of extrapolation, particularly in the current environment where central speak/rhetoric/announcement/promise/threat could ...

Limited AFSLs like "part-time surgeons"

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2016
Accountants with limited Australian financial services licences are like "part-time surgeons," according to John Birt, principal of advice M&A broker Radar Results. Birt branded limited AFS licenses "dangerous" and argued that in order for accountants ...