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Pension funds must recognise stewardship licence: WTW

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2018
There's an investment management view that too little is being spent globally on asset owner stewardship. An expert in the area says the world's largest pension and sovereign wealth funds must see corporate sustainability from the viewpoint that it's ...

Industry fund launches assistant on Google Home

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2018
One of Australia's largest industry superannuation funds has integrated its virtual assistant with Google Home. Rest has joined its virtual assistant Roger with Google Home, allowing members to ask the device common questions and receive spoken answers. ...

Royal Commission to drive independent advice market: GlobalData

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2018
Financial planners are likely to ditch the big four and AMP's wealth businesses to set shop alone, as customers move towards independent advice following the Royal Commission, according to GlobalData. Customers will become more discerning in their choice ...

ASX gives timeline for CHESS replacement

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2018
The Australian Securities Exchange has given an arrival date for its much-anticipated trade clearing and settlement system that will replace the older CHESS system. The new distributed ledger technology (DLT) will start clearing trades for the ASX about ...

SSGA boosts SPDR distribution team

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2018
State Street Global Advisors SPDR ETFs is welcoming two members to its national distribution team. The first, Linda Stangherlin, joins SPDR ETFs as national relationship manager - ETFs. She arrives from Zurich, where she was national sales manager - ...

Chief economist update: Not as good as it gets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2018
History was made when North Korean supremo Kim Jung-un took one step south of the Korean DMZ (demilitarised zone) to shake hands with his southern counterpart, South Korea president Moon Jae-in. An epic in itself, it invalidates Rudyard Kipling's (re-phrased) ...

RECAP: Advice in the Royal Commission spotlight (Days 6- 9)

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018
In a workweek cut short by a public holiday, the Royal Commission heard evidence which included an AMP adviser identified only as Mr E, whose clients haven't even been informed of his misconduct yet. It also included a high-profile adviser who "most ...

Funds SA fills two senior investment roles

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018
A $30 billion public sector fund manager has made two appointments in senior investment roles. Matthew Kempton joined Funds SA in February as director, equities. He left his role as chief investment officer at ESSSuper, where he worked from 2013 until ...

AMP kept unsuspecting clients in the dark: RC

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2018
... Financial Planning, Britt told Senior Counsel Assisting Rowena Orr. Mr E advised the husband to rollover the balances of his TAL and MLC MasterKey superannuation accounts to AMP's MyNorth product to the tune of $125,000. He also cancelled the husband's ...

ANZ dragged its heels on adviser misconduct

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2018
The former chief executive of ANZ-aligned RI Advice told the Royal Commission the group took "too long to act" on adviser misconduct. Darren Whereat discussed the case study of former RI Advice authorised representative John Doyle with Senior Counsel ...