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Sustainable ETF demand skyrockets

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2020
The growth in sustainable index funds shows no sign of abating as assets under management double to US$250 billion in just three years. That is according to research firm Morningstar, highlighting the changing attitudes of investors bending toward ESG-conscious ...

Australia most active region in Q2: Research

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2020
New research has revealed that Australians were the most active institutional investment community within the Asia Pacific region in the second quarter of the year, with interest directed to long-only Australian equity strategies. The research, by institutional ...

Technology can ease adviser red tape: Academic

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2020
Digital innovation could be the answer to tackling product-choice confusion and reducing red tape in the financial advice sector, according to an academic. Pamela Hanrahan, a lawyer and professor at University to New South Wales Business School, told ...

Investor expectations pie in the sky: Schroders

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2020
Australian investors have unrealistic investment return expectations in relation to their portfolio construction and need to adopt a different strategy to achieve expected returns, according to a new survey from Schroders. The Schroders Global Investor ...

ERS to lead to rising pension costs, higher taxes

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2020
Industry Super Australia has slammed the government's early release of superannuation scheme, arguing it will significantly increase the long-term Age Pension costs borne by taxpayers. Total retirement incomes will be substantially lower, it said, while ...

Banks to be questioned on COVID-19 response

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2020
... chair Tim Wilson said the hearings are part of the parliament's role in publicly scrutinising and holding Australia's four major banks to account. "The Economics Committee and I are keen to discuss the banks' response to the pandemic with the benefit ...

AMP reviews business units

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2020
AMP has announced its board is undertaking a portfolio review of the group's assets and businesses, in the first major move by newly appointed chair Debra Hazelton. The embattled wealth manager said its board remains committed to AMP's transformation ...

AMP does not treat advisers fairly: Poll

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2020
A new poll has revealed widespread disappointment in AMP's treatment of its aligned financial advisers in renegotiating Buyer of Last Resort (BOLR) agreements. Financial Standard polled roughly 250 people in the financial services industry, asking them ...

Labor says yes, economists say no to SG rise

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2020
... they're turning the tap off at the top of the bath - to stop the actual 2.5% of super coming in." Rudd said the issue was a major matter of public importance, saying the $3 trillion industry is the reason Australia has held on to its AAA rating. "We ...

First Sentier takes stake in renewable energy

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2020
First Sentier Investors (FSI) announced it has acquired a 40% stake in Terra-Gen from Energy Capital Partners (ECP). New York-based Terra-Gen develops, constructs, and operates utility-scale wind, solar, energy storage, and geothermal electrical generation ...