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AMP Capital expands ESG investment team

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2018
AMP Capital will soon have two leaders in its sustainable investment team following a global search for a co-head to work alongside Ian Woods. There's also been an internal promotion. From November 12, Emily Woodland joins AMP Capital as co-head of ...

Guy Stern retires from ASI

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2018
... oversees asset allocation across multi-asset portfolios. Stern previously worked as chief investment officer of multi-asset class solutions at Credit Suisse Asset Management for its UK and US divisions. He was appointed to the board of Standard Life ...

Future Fund boosts alternatives assets

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2018
... California-based Clocktower Group were awarded an alternatives mandate to oversee macro-directional strategies. This asset class is co-managed with 12 others, including Pendal Group, Bridgewater Associates and BlackRock Alternative Advisors. Increasing ...

Global manager appoints distribution director

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2018
Franklin Templeton Investments Australia recently executed a senior distribution hire and flagged the opportunity to further expand its team in the local market. Vivian Sun is moving to Franklin Templeton Investments Australia as a senior director of ...

Chief economist update: As safe as Australian houses?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2018
Christian Szell: Is it safe? Babe: Yes, it's safe, it's very safe, it's so safe you wouldn't believe it. Christian Szell: Is it safe? Babe: No. It's not safe, it's... very dangerous, be careful. This is that immortal dialogue ...

Grattan says Aussies retiring comfortably, ISA responds

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2018
... earners have a fully funded retirement and the rest rely on the State." "The Grattan Institute wants to dismantle our world class retirement funding system and replace it with a model that has two thirds of the population relying on the Age Pension." ...

Cybercrime protection inadequate: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2018
More than half of Financial Standard readers are not confident they are adequately protected from cybercrime, the latest spot poll reveals. Fifty-four per cent of respondents said they are vulnerable to breaches, hackers and cyberattacks as they have ...

AustralianSuper to cut equities

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2018
The $142 billion superannuation fund is trimming stocks in its default option, as it moves from a growth outlook to a more neutral one. Speaking at a members' forum in Sydney last night, AustralianSuper chief investment officer Mark Delaney said ...

Super funds react to market sell off

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2018
AustralianSuper and Equip Super are among the superannuation funds reassuring members as the S&P/ASX 200 slid close to its lowest in a year last Thursday. On October 25, The S&P/ASX 200 closed more than 6% lower than at the start of the year, on the ...

Nikko appoints AIST director

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2018
... Funeral Partners. She is a former partner at Deloitte and a former director of Trowbridge Consulting. Edwards holds a first class honours degree in mathematics from the University of Canterbury. She is also a fellow of the Australian and New Zealand ...