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Philanthropy report offers valuable insights for NFPs: Perpetual

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2017
... patterns of high-net-worth (HNW) and institutional givers was released by Giving Australia 2016 this week as part of a program run by the Department of Social Services. Perpetual, one of Australia's largest managers of philanthropic funds, welcomed the ...

Financial Standard wins prestigious award

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 6 APR 2017
Financial Standard journalist Alex Burke has been honoured for a series of feature articles on retirement income, winning an award at the Australian Citi Journalism Awards for Excellence. Burke was judged winner of the Markets and Investment category ...

Aussie investors push tobacco exclusions

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 3 APR 2017
... Asset Management global equities portfolio manager Ramiz Chelat said majority of the firm's assets in Australian mandates are run with an ex-tobacco screen, and more clients are requesting this shift globally. In an unconstrained environment Vontobel ...

Responsible investing demand unstoppable

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 3 APR 2017
Global demand for ethical investment strategies and products is putting more pressure on asset managers to generate returns beyond hard performance numbers. Australia and New Zealand held A$675 billion in sustainable investment assets in 2016, or 50.6% ...

Sentry Group awards industry excellence

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAR 2017
A West Australian advice firm was named Practice of the Year in Sentry Group's 2016 Excellence Awards. Mount Hawthorn-based PMM Financial Advisors received the award at an event in Perth, with Sentry Group chief executive Murray Hills saying the non-aligned ...

Gross and PIMCO settle dispute

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAR 2017
Star bond manager Bill Gross has settled a law suit with former employer PIMCO, ending a 15-month legal battle. Gross, 72, sued PIMCO for $US200 million following his abrupt departure from the firm in 2014, claiming that he was forced out so colleagues ...

Global healing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAR 2017
... due to Trump's repeal/replace Obamacare failure - should be seen as that, one that "corrects" overvalued levels that have run ahead of fundamentals. It's a healthy correction. Well, so long as financial markets don't extrapolate that all other or most ...

CFS knuckles down on managed accounts

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 27 MAR 2017
... implementation. We were keen to adopt best of breed technology to uplift our managed account functionality. Historically, FirstWrap has run on in-house technology since we first launched managed accounts in 2008," CFS general manager, product and investments ...

Confidently improving

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAR 2017
... terrorist concerns - in the aftermath of the recent attack on London - and upcoming French presidential elections (23 April or a run-off on 7 May) and Germany's federal elections scheduled for 24 September could hamper further significant improvement ...

Statewide Super renews custody deal

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2017
Following an extensive market review Statewide Super retained its custodian. The $7 billion industry superannuation fund has renewed its long-running partnership with NAB Asset Servicing (NAS), which provides custody, master custody, investment administration ...