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How advice can conquer stigma

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2020
... panel discussing how to solve the unmet advice gap for the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees Conference of Major Super Funds, Hostplus head of advice and financial planning Maurizio Lombardi pointed out many super fund members still don't ...

Fund pulls mandate, alters pandemic definition

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2020
QSuper will take the management of its social responsible investment option in house and has changed the definition of pandemic illness. AMP Capital will no longer manage QSuper's socially responsible investment option as of 1 July 2020. "This change ...

Gender diversity improves, cultural diversity falls: Research

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2020
... diversity, cultural diversity, skills diversity, age diversity and tenure to the test. The report found that there had been major improvement in gender diversity on boards - with the number of boards chaired by women lifting for the third year in a row ...

Proceed with caution: Janus Henderson

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2020
... is a one-off crisis - implying it's isolated to this year - but following year (in this case 2021) earnings revisions for major indices have been just as torrid as what was registered in 2008." These revisions send a woeful message of the impact of the ...

Platform to shine light on structured products

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2020
... knowledge, Stropro is the first to offer this kind of solution in Australia." The firm's solution - which it plans to plug into major wrap platforms to further improve structured product transparency - has impressed technology giant Microsoft to such ...

APRA releases latest ERS data

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2020
... billion mark, followed by Sunsuper and Hostplus. Sunsuper has shown to be a standout amongst the top 10, being the only major player to release funds within the five business day guide 100% of the time. APRA said the fund-level data shows that 146 of ...

Global dividends to fall 15%: Janus Henderson

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2020
... Europe and the UK are the most severely affected as regulators have forced banks to suspend dividends and a number of other major companies have already cut payouts. "With so much uncertainty, any forecast for dividends would have little value, so Janus ...

Performance analyst jobs hold steady in COVID-19

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2020
Performance analysts and more broadly, investment data professionals have been in strong demand throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Kaizen Recruitment. The role -- with responsibilities including calculating, attributing and benchmarking ...

Road to recovery

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
... become truly resilient. "As Winston Churchill proclaimed 'never waste a good crisis' and the COVID-19 pandemic has provided a major crisis." "Organisations should learn how to transform to not only survive this crisis, but to come out of it in much better ...

Technical Services Forum: Testing risk tolerance

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
In uncertain times clients may not be as risk tolerant as previously thought, the virtual Challenger Financial Standard Technical Services Forum has heard. Digitally presenting, Challenger's head of technical services Andrew Lowe said many financial ...