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Morningstar creates carbon risk investment tool

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2018
Investors measuring carbon risk in portfolios have a new tool to score carbon exposure across 30,000 funds globally. Introduction of the Morningstar portfolio Carbon Risk Score aims to move beyond carbon footprinting to provide an assessment of carbon ...

Pension funds must recognise stewardship licence: WTW

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2018
There's an investment management view that too little is being spent globally on asset owner stewardship. An expert in the area says the world's largest pension and sovereign wealth funds must see corporate sustainability from the viewpoint that it's ...

AMP becomes class action target

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2018
IMF Bentham is the latest firm to finance proposed class action proceedings against AMP in light of evidence at the Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry. The litigation funding group said it ...

Royal Commission can only mean more red tape: Poll

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2018
Financial Standard readers predict the financial services Royal Commission will turn the financial advice industry in a new direction, and with more red tape. The publication's weekly spot poll shows more than half (55%) of the respondents strongly ...

Treasurer backs ASIC investigations

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 19 APR 2018
Federal Treasurer Scott Morrison has great confidence in ASIC's ability to deal with matters raised during the financial services Royal Commission this week. At a doorstop interview in Sydney, Morrison advised that ASIC has been investigating and continues ...

CFSGAM prepares IPO, names board candidates

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2018
Colonial First State Global Asset Management will work towards an initial public offering and listing on the Australian Securities Exchange following a strategic review from its parent bank. Commonwealth Bank announced this afternoon it had completed ...

Westpac paid out $200m annually in conflicted remuneration

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2018
In statements to the Royal Commission, Westpac noted it has paid out about $200 million in payments each year since 2013 that constitute conflicted - albeit permitted - remuneration. BT Financial Advice national head Michael Wright provided a statement ...

Aged care becomes critical for advisers

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2018
Financial advice practices are waking to the idea that specialist aged and disability care advisers will become necessary for any planning business to thrive in coming decades. Mentor Education founder and director Mark Sinclair said the advice industry ...

Alternative finance the option for millennials

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2018
Financial advisers managing millennial money must plan for larger exposure to alternative finance options as the generation tops Australia's user list of online lending products. Speaking at the AltFi Australasia Summit in Sydney today, OnDeck chief ...

Advisers no longer standing still on social media

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2018
Financial advisers are no longer sitting on their hands when it comes to social media, using various platforms to have the most meaningful conversations with clients. Latch Social founder and director Tom Loneragan said social media has become a crucial ...