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Financial incentive provokes misconduct: Research

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2019
New research from Macquarie Business School shows removing measures that promote self-interest - like performance based bonuses - is the way to promote ethical behaviour. The research, which was supported by ASIC, looked at risk culture and unethical ...

Beware dodgy auditors, sudden CFO moves: Plato

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2019
... polluter triggers red flags. Plato monitors companies daily to find red flags. The system is also aligned with Plato's research around dividend traps. The investment manager predicts when companies are likely to cut their dividends. Hamson said that ...

Values trump value for retail investors

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2019
... the decision-making of Australian retail investors, according to KPMG. Latest findings from the global consultancy's research arm KPMG Acuity show Australian retail investors are more concerned about values than perhaps was previously understood, with ...

Discounted LIC fund opens to all

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2019
... investment companies Affluence considers to be discounted. According to Affluence chief executive Daryl Wilson, a lack of research and fewer institutional investors active in the market ensure LICs trade at large discounts to net tangible assets. "Most ...

Look to 2008 survivors: Ausbil

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2019
... financial crisis these assets will be able to demonstrate continued cash flow growth again." He explained that Ausbil research has shown that global listed infrastructure, by Ausbil's definition, only falls by about half as much as the overall market ...

Intra-fund advice must improve: Rice Warner

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2019
... financial advice, and both members and the funds themselves will suffer until they do, according to Rice Warner. The research house has struck the superannuation industry for failing to deliver cost-effective financial advice to members approaching retirement ...

MLC Wealth appoints chief operating officer

KRISTI CHENG  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2019
... officer for their Asia Pacific business and, whilst based in London, global business leader for the asset class and manager research specialists, and global Chief Operating Officer in Mercer's investments business. MLC Wealth also named Andrew Morgan ...

Life insurance leaders fear for industry

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2019
... also won't have default insurance cover. Touching on the potential removal of life risk commissions, Brooks said research shows commissions have their place and have value in the life insurance industry. Hackett added: "We need to have a sensible ...

AustralianSuper hires from VFMC

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2019
... construction. "Justin will add leadership bandwidth to the equities department, with a particular focus on our strategy research of equity markets, portfolio construction of the overall portfolio and working to build out our growing quant capability," ...

Client ethics the future of advice

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2019
... the pressure comes of the financial return when people feel that their portfolio is contributing to something bigger. Research has shown people, especially women, actually are willing to give up some financial returns in order to have their ethics." ...