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New CIO for First State Super

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2016
... the quality of the community that our members will retire into by investing in ways that are sustainable, generate jobs, foster innovation and contribute to a more productive economy." Graham said it is a privilege to be joining the fund's investment ...

Franklin Templeton reveals new operating structure

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2016
Franklin Templeton Investments Australia has announced a new operating structure for its distribution team. The new structure will see the formation of three dedicated groups to focus on and service the institutional, financial institutions and family ...

Make advice go viral

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2016
... won't generate traction. Instead, he suggested delegates share client success stories and 'behind-the-scenes' content to foster a sense of realness and trustworthiness. "All that technical stuff might interest us, but it doesn't interest clients or prospective ...

How to put the sizzle back into finance: Grad Mentor

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2016
Practice principals need to realise that finance is no longer the 'sexy' career prospect it used to be so more needs to be done to attract, develop and retain new recruits. Addressing delegates during the sold-out Professional Practice Workshop at the ...

CBA reinforces gender equality through financial education

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2016
... Australia has committed to implementing a number of recommendations to its in-school financial literacy program in a bid to foster the financial empowerment of women and girls. CBA engaged Our Watch, the national foundation to prevent violence against ...

Gender inequality still the elephant in the room

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2016
... gender and individual business unit to quickly see where the pain points are and develop specific remediation strategies to foster accountability, inclusive leadership training and sponsorship of high performing talent. "What I tend to see happen is ...

Life Insurer Code of Practice falls short: AFA

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2016
... to both consumers and the financial advice profession. The AFA said the commitments to consumers are "insufficient" to foster cultural change and that the role of the life insurance financial advice profession has been ignored. "Restricting the code ...

Social benefit bond returns for NGS Super

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2016
... helps reunite children with their parents as well as create safe environments to prevent children from being placed in foster care. Newpin has now helped restore 130 children in care to their families and prevented 47 children from entering the out-of-home ...

Japanese pension fund continues ESG commitment

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2016
Japan's Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) is planning to host about 20 of the world's largest asset owners for an ESG investment forum later this year. The Global Asset Owners' Forum will continue the fund's obligation to better understand responsible ...

EG partners with leading Japanese homebuilder

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUL 2016
Real estate manager EG Funds Management has settled its second, $33 million joint venture with a leading Japanese homebuilder. Under the terms of the JV, Daiwa House Group, its Australian subsidiary Cosmos Australia and Sumitomo Forestry will acquire ...