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What will estate planning look like in 2020?

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2018
... business initiatives Tim Noonan. He said there needs to be a strong focus on the actuarial probability of advised clients living far longer and spending far more than projections. Financial Standard was the media partner for the netwealth CPD event.

Natixis unveils ESG global equities fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2018
... Natixis's 2017 global survey of instos. "The really encouraging aspect of the findings is that investing in ESG is now about far more than simply doing the right thing. Nearly two thirds of investors said alpha could be found in ESG investing, and that ...

ING ramps up wholesale lending business

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAR 2018
ING Australia increased its wholesale lending by 24% over the previous year, the bank's 2017 results show. Clients of ING's wholesale banking loans include the Sydney Metro Northwest, New Royal Adelaide Hospital, and Queensland's Clare Solar Farm. "We ...

Commonwealth Bank parts with Narev-era executives

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 26 MAR 2018
Commonwealth bank is farewelling three executives, as new chief executive Matt Comyn prepares to take reign at the bank on April 9. The bank is conducting a global search to fill the three departures, according to a joint-statement by Comyn and outgoing ...

AustralianSuper expands mandate for European growth

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2018
... as part of a wider global strategy. AustralianSuper head of property Jack McGougan said working with TH Real Estate has so far produced great outcomes for members, having advised on several acquisitions including in Milton Keynes and Kings Cross. "AustralianSuper ...

ASIC closes doors on Storm charges with two fines

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2018
... conceded that there was no criminality. No fraud. All the money, essentially, had been accounted for. In fact, I would go so far as to say that with the wisdom of hindsight, if you asked the Cassimatises whether they'd do things differently if they had ...

Aussie ETFs attracted $339 million in February: Betashares

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAR 2018
Australia's ETF pool swelled $330 million in February even though stocks slumped early in the month. BetaShares, the fourth-biggest player in Australia's ETF pool, joins Vanguard in saying investors gravitated towards ETFs in February's market slowdown ...

Industry responds to latest FASEA guidance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAR 2018
... positive step forward. "The guidance, when coupled with the proposed draft industry code of ethics, will give the advice industry far more confidence that the implementation of the new educational and ethical standards is progressing on a much sounder ...

Super industry wants tougher insurance code

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 MAR 2018
... Australia chief executive Martin Fahy is pleased with the code's progress but is cognisant of polarising feedback: 'It's not as far as we'd like it to go,' versus, 'It's achieved more than what we've hoped for.' "What we don't want to happen is for the ...

TAL named top life insurer for 2017

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2018
... data shows overall life insurance risk market inflows up only 2.5% over the year. However, some life companies have shown far stronger growth than the market average." "The Life Company of the Year Awards reveal where life companies have found competitive ...