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Super funds must address climate risk: Market Forces

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 3 AUG 2017
... portfolios, while 20 funds disclosed inadequate evidence they have considered climate risk. According to former NSW Bar Association president Noel Hutley and barrister James Mack, this failure puts trustee directors at risk of breaching their duty to ...

Crisis emerging in Australian retirement system: HILDA

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 3 AUG 2017
... less opportunity to build remunerative careers, should have some ongoing claim to their ex-partner's superannuation. Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia chief executive Martin Fahy notes however that survey shows that the compulsory superannuation ...

Liquidnet opens doors to Pakistani equities

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 1 AUG 2017
... extremely challenging." As previously reported in Financial Standard, a survey by the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) found that half of alternative asset managers with offices outside the EU will apply MiFID II globally. For those ...

Remembering Gerry Porter

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 31 JUL 2017
The financial advice industry is mourning the loss of the man behind the Association of Financial Advisers' Genxt initiative. Former AFA board member and Queensland state director Gerry Porter, who passed away over the weekend, is being remembered as ...

NAB collaborates on responsible investment bond

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUL 2017
... million. The bond, which funds both green bond and social bond projects aligned to the International Capital Markets Association's principles outlined in June 2017, will support the construction of green buildings as well as research and development ...

Advice requires customisation: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUL 2017
... skills to know how to read people and possessing emotional intelligence is key to this. Also presenting on the panel, Association of Financial Advisers chief executive Philip Kewin commented interpersonal skills - which are four times more critical to ...

Managing the three pillars of retirement

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUL 2017
... "bucket" retirement strategy which provisions cash for short-term spending and growth assets for the long-term. Using the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) retirement standard of an approximate $550,000 nest egg corresponding to ...

Responsible AUM strengthens

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUL 2017
... qualified advice around responsible products remain the industry's biggest detractors. The Responsible Investment Association Australasia's annual report found responsible investments comprise $622 billion of AUM as at December 2016, up 9% from $569 ...

Advice group inks deal with $7bn super fund

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUL 2017
An advice association has finalised a referral arrangement with a $7.6 billion super fund. Under the new arrangement, Tasplan will provide qualified advice referrals for members in mainland Australia via the Association of Independently Owned Financial ...

AMP Capital appoints independent directors

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUL 2017
... wealth. His governance experience with ASX-listed and private company boards include ME Bank and the Australian Bankers' Association Council. Long was most recently a group executive and fund manager at Investa Office Fund where she led the fund through ...