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Financial Wisdom names its best

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2009
... Australian-based financial planning firm won the award based on a number of categories including service levels, financial performance, compliance credentials, practice quality. Jamie Luxton, principal at Wealthwise, said the practice had focused on ...

High expectations, low satisfaction on super advice

ROY MORGAN RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2009
... advisers (IFAs), the latest research from Roy Morgan shows. The firm tracked consumer satisfaction with the financial performance of superannuation products in Australia in the six months to June this year. It found that, overall, satisfaction fell from ...

ESG dogged by poor metrics: McKinsey

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2009
... define whether and how such programs create shareholder value, how to measure that value, or how to benchmark financial performance from company to company," noted the McKinsey study's report. The McKinsey survey asked chief financial officers, investment ...

Super assets lose $25bn

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2009
... per cent to $197.0 billion. APRA's data now also shows a 10-year trend of return on assets (ROA) and key financial performance items by fund type. ROA represents the net earnings of superannuation assets towards funding members' benefits. From 1999 to ...

UniSuper stands up for ESG

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2009
... supporting the important role of ESG research," said St. John. "ESG factors can affect a company's long-term financial performance and UniSuper expects all of its investment managers to take a comprehensive view of all elements that impact a company's ...

Banks to reprioritise IT spending

THESHEET.COM WITH ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2008
... institutions because service and how its delivered through technology is the key to customer retention, not financial performance. "Obviously some people will always complain about fee structures but lending institutions can take heart from the fact ...

QIC changes infrastructure tact

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2008
... Loans typically also have more protections written into the contract requiring the borrower to meet minimum financial performance measures, she said. "We believe infrastructure loans currently present a strong opportunity to generate high returns with ...

Sustainability the new pizzazz at nabCapital

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2008
... portfolio perform well. "Our first issuance of sustainable notes enables investors to gain from the underlying financial performance of those Australian companies that demonstrate sound governance and management of environmental and social factors," ...

Super switchers fall

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2007
... through financial planners other than the 'big six' also seem to have a higher level of satisfaction with financial performance, even when the financial planner was perceived as "independent". The survey concluded there was still "a great deal of confusion ...

IOOF takes full ownership of Perennial

... Perennial will get an initial payment of $67.9 million plus a potential deferred payment based on the group's financial performance in 2008/2009. IOOF will also give key Perennial executives with claims over Perennial equity with an initial payment of ...