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Good Super partners for Dump Trump investment option

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2018
Good Super is partnering with a US-based investment adviser to launch a suite of new investment options for members, including "Dump Trump" and "Boycott Adani." OpenInvest will provide advisory services for the new options, which Good Super said will ...

Netwealth offloads advice subsidiary

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2018
Australian Unity will acquire a Netwealth financial advice firm with $550 million in funds under advice. Bridgeport Financial Services has nine advisers and was established in 1999. Australian Unity chief executive officer of wealth and capital markets ...

Client engagement tool gains ground

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2018
... advice practices in need of futureproofing. Your Financial Wellness is an online client engagement platform designed to bridge the gap between evolving consumer expectations and existing advice models. Your Financial Wellness allows advisers to white ...

Super fund ESG specialist joins PRI committee

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 9 JAN 2018
An ESG investment specialist at a $41 billion industry superannuation fund recently joined one of the top advisory committees at the Principles for Responsible Investment. Prior to Christmas the United Nations-supported PRI announced its newest members ...

Three is the magic number

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2017
... to tighten monetary policy by much more than it intends to at this time. But to paraphrase Madam Yellen, we'll cross the bridge when we get there.

Global asset manager expands Australian offering

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 28 NOV 2017
... a diversified portfolio of senior secured leveraged loans and other senior secured floating rate debt obligations. Pine Bridge said advantages for Australian investors include a hedge against rising interest rates, attractive yields in a low-return world ...

Financial literacy the bridge for income protection gap

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 17 NOV 2017
Classroom-style financial education programs in the workplace and hands-on practice and counselling can play a significant role in closing the income protection gap. That is a key finding from a recent study by Zurich in partnership with the Smith School ...

NAB hastily recruits after announcing job cuts

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2017
... business units or regions of operation would be effected. The union has also since labelled NAB's transition initiative, The Bridge, as 'too little too late' and saying it doesn't provide the level of support workers need. "The FSU has negotiated industry ...

FinPal integrates broking capabilities

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2017
... accommodate for the increasing overlap of broking with financial advice. The next release of the FinPal software will seek to bridge the gap created by advisers and brokers using different, disconnected software systems, resulting in disjointed client ...

More clarity needed on NAB redundancies

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 3 NOV 2017
... centre of these decisions too," Angrisano said. The FSU said it is too early to be congratulating NAB on its proposed The Bridge transition program for affected workers which will assist those leaving the bank for up to six months after by helping them ...