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Australian asset owners support first stewardship code

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2018
... the world's largest pension and sovereign wealth funds must see corporate sustainability and stewardship from the viewpoint that it's a long-term licence to operate. The Australian Asset Owner Stewardship Code principles: Publicly disclose how ...

Pension funds must recognise stewardship licence: WTW

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2018
... expert in the area says the world's largest pension and sovereign wealth funds must see corporate sustainability from the viewpoint that it's a long-term licence to operate. Willis Towers Watson global head of investment content Roger Urwin said it's ...

MyRetirement products too pricey for super funds

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 19 MAR 2018
... produce a product. He urged conference delegates to consider acting sooner rather than later as, from an investment market viewpoint, times are good. "There's probably more opportunity to innovate and spend some money doing so now, whereas if markets ...

Surefire Melbourne Cup bet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 OCT 2017
... November. Yes Virginia, I know, it's like saying that sugar is sweet and made even sweeter (well depending on one's viewpoint, certainly not the RBAs) by last week's report by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) showing the country's headline CPI ...

A$ drop brings good cheers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 DEC 2016
... depreciating in response to the economy's slower growth (relative to the US if you want to look at it from the US dollar viewpoint) until such time that that depreciation boost economic growth. This would put upward pressure on inflation and on domestic ...

The twenty-first night of September

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2016
... greater interest rate adjustments. Looking at the latest US stats - mainly mixed -- many will agree with Rosengren's viewpoint but an equal number would also differ. But the final arbiter might be the financial markets' negative reaction to the increased ...

SMSF Association appoints independent director

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2015
... exponentially since the introduction of the compulsory system in 1992. "What I believe I bring to the board is an independent viewpoint that is underpinned by a sound knowledge of finance and governance, as well as my past experiences working with professional ...

LGS launches shareholder voting website

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2015
... company proposals for consideration by shareholders and LGS's voting intentions in real time using CGI Glass Lewis' Viewpoint voting platform. Where LGS votes against a proposal due to concerns that it may lead to a loss of shareholder value, it will ...

William Blair opens three funds to Australian investors

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014
US fund manager William Blair has launched its first unit trusts to Australian institutional and wholesale investors. The Global Leaders Equity Fund, Emerging Markets Leaders Equity Fund and Dynamic Diversified Allocation Fund were selected from William ...

Crimea makes it domestic

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2014
... situation in Ukraine, and if we look at that in a fairly, I would say, from -- from a purely, let's say, technocratic viewpoint, and we look at the amount of trade in goods, services, and financial services, and flows, and capital flows, we have to say ...