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HESTA chair seeks PRI board position

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2015

AZ NGA hits $1 billion AUM after latest acquisition

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2015
AZ Next Generation Advisory (AZ NGA) has acquired a 51% ownership stake in Financial Lifestyle Partners (FLP), bringing the firm's total assets under management to $1 billion. After being established by former ANZ managing director of advice and distribution ...

PROFILE: BlackRock head of corporate governance Pru Bennett

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2015
On a quiet afternoon in 2000, Pru Bennett was sitting with the three other partners of proxy advisory firm Corporate Governance International, wondering how they were going to jumpstart the business. "Gee," she remembers thinking, "We just need a few ...

FEATURE: Managed accounts - more than meets the eye

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2015
David Heather has been waiting for managed accounts to take off since 2001. The managedaccounts.com.au chief executive has watched interest grow across the investment spectrum, from large institutions to retail accumulators, but he's never seen any ...

Give first home buyers access to super: CEDA

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2015
First home buyers should have access to their superannuation funds to purchase owner-occupied housing perhaps in return for the familiy home being counted in the pension assets test, the Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) has said. ...

ACSI calls for better company disclosure

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2015
The Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) believes more progress is needed to embed better anti-corruption and bribery disclosures in major Australian companies. ACSI says while there has been a general improvement in disclosure quality ...

ME enlists Link for digital services

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2015
Link Group and super-fund owned bank ME have partnered to deliver superannuation information within the ME app. Using Link's data insights platform, ME customers using the mobile app will be able to view integrated banking/superannuation details if ...

China trade deal must not be delayed: FSC

ANDREW BRAGG, DIRECTOR OF POLICY, FINANCIAL SERVICES COUNCIL  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2015
Andrew Robb's China free trade deal provides vast opportunities for Australia's financial services industry. It builds on strong foundations set by former Prime Ministers Whitlam, Hawke, Howard and Gillard and puts Australia ahead of the USA, Japan ...

HESTA divests from Transfield

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2015
... human rights law." The findings do not fit with HESTA's environmental, social and governance (ESG) policy. "As a responsible owner of the companies we invest in, the decision to divest involved a rigorous process, informed by advice from our internal ...

AMP Capital takes majority stake in Angel Trains

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2015
AMP Capital has taken a majority stake in UK train leasing company Angel Trains. After purchasing additional equity in the company from Arcus Infrastructure Partners' European Infrastructure Fund 1, AMP Capital's ownership of Angel Trains has increased ...