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Financial scams smash Australia

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2019
... lost. The survey questioned banking fraud risk, investigations and security personnel of eight Australian banks - 43 worldwide - about the threats they faced between 2016 and 2018, and found cyber related fraud to be a particular concern. Specifically ...

CFA hopefuls at record high

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2019
... conducted in March 2019. It said 54% of those who sat the test passed. There are more than 164,000 CFA charterholders worldwide in 164 countries and regions.

Will financial advisers cease to exist?

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2019
... decline (more than 3% annually). The research estimates there are currently 1.05 million core investment professionals worldwide, with Australia home to about 21,000. Mercer, which the CFA Institute commissioned to conduct a market sizing survey, estimates ...

Pension giant cuts tobacco

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2019
... fund said it has decided the tobacco industry is a poor investment for its eight million members, in light of stricter worldwide regulation against tobacco products, increasingly aggressive legal action by governments against the tobacco industry and ...

Super fund reinforces savings with timber, agriculture

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2019
... significantly once the orchards are fully developed." The Queensland-based fund said the investment allowed it to tap into the worldwide megatrend of healthy eating. LGIAsuper head of investment Guy Rundle added the fund's alternative investment strategies ...

Calastone blockchain goes live

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAY 2019
... instantly across the market, a step change from the previous, fragmented model, he added. "Financial services firms worldwide can, via the DMI, utilise new services, enhanced capabilities and new investment opportunities, allowing them to evolve their ...

Aberdeen Standard hires ESG investment director

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2019
... Investors. Aberdeen Standard's ESG team has more than 50 investment professionals. It manages $913.8 billion of assets worldwide.

Colonial First State removes funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 30 APR 2019
... MultiSector Bond, Milliman Managed Risk Australian Share and Global Share and RealIndex Emerging Markets. Stewart Investors Worldwide Sustainability, CFS Multi-asset Real Return, and FirstChoice Diversified and Multi-Index Moderate have also been dropped. ...

QIC acquires European airport stake

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2019
... Patrick Kanters said: "As a pension investor, we are continuously looking for attractive infrastructure investments worldwide that help us realize stable and long-term returns for ABP and other pension fund clients we work for." "This investment in Brussels ...

Goldman Sachs creates new super, pensions role

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2019
... cut about 65 employees in its New York office last month. In total, the firm currently employs more than 36,000 people worldwide.