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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 ...

Admin, compliance restricting business growth

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2016
Advisers are spending more than 30 hours a week on client related admin and only 9 hours per week in face-to-face client meetings, according new research from Perpetual. The research, which included 200 financial advisers and assessed how advisers are ...

Oxford-Man Institute expands into machine learning

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2016
... of Oxford, and its position within the Department of Engineering Science and the creation of a hub at Eagle House will foster an innovative and mutually beneficial machine learning research environment. The OMI's natural expansion into machine learning ...

Fortnum picks up award winning practice

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2016
... Scott and Matt who represent the next generation of professionals rising up in the industry. At Fortnum, we encourage and foster collaboration and the sharing of ideas and experiences across our network which now also includes our new subsidiary, Financial ...

International pension fund creates stewardship group

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2016
One of the world's largest pension funds has established a "Stewardship Enhancement Group" as part of an obligation it sees to increase understanding of responsible investment principles. Japan's Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) recently created ...

Crowe Horwath and AVCAL enter education partnership

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2016
... allow for the next generation of leaders to acquire the skills they need to succeed, while at the same time helping to foster strong networks that will continue throughout their career." "Much of the training provided by Crowe Horwath will be carried ...

ACE forced to pay $1m for poor Combined sales culture

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2016
... dirt-bike riding specifically excluded under the policy. The company also admitted to failing to put a framework in place to foster a culture of compliance. "ACE Insurance is a clear case of how poor culture and conflicts of interest in remuneration ...