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CFA launches ESG guide for investment professionals

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2015
... issues, offers descriptions of six common methods for applying ESG factors in portfolios and discusses the current topics of debate and innovation within this area. It explores the methods being used by "value-motivated and values-motivated investors," ...

Retail super members gouged by $7.1bn: ISA

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2015
... billion for above market fees to in-house suppliers. The estimate was released hours before the Senate will hold its final debate on the superannuation trustee governance bill. ISA chief executive David Whiteley said the latest analysis is more evidence ...

Super fund governance bill enters final debate

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2015
The Senate is slated to have its final debate on the superannuation trustee governance bill tomorrow, which at a minimum will see one third independent directors on APRA-regulated super fund boards. The bill could see one last amendment from crossbench ...

Bennelong blends active, passive in equities fund

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2015
... the ASX and the ex-20 reflects their respective weights in the benchmark. "What gets lost in the active versus passive debate is that there's a place for both styles," Bennelong investment director Julian Beaumont said. "In Australia, passive suffices ...

AB calls for three-stage CIPR

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2015
... retirement product and "whether it should be generic, individualised or somewhere between the two." "While we believe the debate has some way to run, our research suggests that a three-stage approach based on a delayed annuity purchase offers a framework ...

Super guarantee charge bundled by red tape repeals

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2015
The federal government's Red Tape Repeal Day on Thursday included amendments to the superannuation guarantee charge (SGC) but the proposed legislation has been rolled over to parliament's final sitting weeks for the year. Under the proposed changes ...

APRA debates whether "to model or not to model"

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2015
Internal risk models for financial institutions are still useful so long as industry isn't "seduced by the science," according to APRA chair Wayne Byres. Speaking at the Global Association of Risk Professionals (GARP) Global Risk Forum in Hong Kong ...

Labor questions APRA independence

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2015
... financial services and superannuation Jim Chalmers believes the government pressured APRA to participate in the political debate over superannuation governance. "The Turnbull government should not be using APRA as a tool to argue its political case," ...

Beware 'apples with apples' super comparisons

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2015
... performance at fund level is not comparing apples with apples." Super funds' investment performance has been a key issue in the debate on proposed changes to super board governance, particularly between retail and industry funds. Rowell said a more meaningful ...

TWU attacks retail super funds over board governance

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2015
... of bringing in changes which will "damage the high-performing industry super system." In a scathing statement about the debate on super board governance, TWU said industry super funds provide better returns for their members and have significantly outperformed ...