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BTFG expands tobacco divestment

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2018
... industry superannuation fund HESTA helps lead a global push by large global investors to end tobacco financing at the UN General Assembly. The fund - which serves health and community services employees - is among 85 founding signatories to the Tobacco-Free ...

Chief economist update: Bull markets don't die of old age

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2018
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but Trump's continued criticisms wouldn't hurt me! US President Donald Trump has blamed the Fed for sparking the recent sell-off on Wall Street as well as threatening to undo the "good" for the economy that ...

Perpetual distribution lead departs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2018
The general manager of distribution at Perpetual has taken a new role with a $441 billion boutique fund manager. Neuberger Berman has appointed Matt Thompson to lead its intermediary distribution capability in Australia. Neuberger Berman said the appointment ...

Macquarie boss joins climate change commission

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2018
... climate adaptation solutions. The initiative is led by tech billionaire and philanthropist Bill Gates, former UN secretary general Ban Ki-Moon and World Bank chief executive Kristalina Georgieva. Wikramanayake is one of the 28 commissioners chosen from ...

Chief economist update: China on the down low

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2018
At first glance, the acceleration of China's year-on-year consumer price inflation in September to a seven-month high of 2.5% from 2.3% provides a positive indication that domestic demand remains healthy. However, the devil is always in the details. ...

Board director departs life insurer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2018
... shareholder. Satoshi Wakuya has notified ClearView of his intention to stand down from the board at the company's annual general meeting in November. Wakuya is general manager, head of business development division at Japanese insurer Sony Life. The ...

Charity comparator to launch premium service

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2018
A charity comparator website co-founded by a former Lonsec general manager is set to launch a premium vetting service for wealthy donors. The Impact Suite collects data on about 56,000 not-for-profits (NFP) and charities. The free version launched in ...

Superannuation ripe for blockchain

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2018
... leadership in DLT. It will be one of the first major exchanges in the world to move to a DLT platform, Tsen adds. Despite the general optimism, Lusty is adamant the technology needs to mature before the fruits of its potential are truly realised. So ...

Advice is valuable but advocacy issues abound

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2018
... feel more peace of mind since receiving advice," Kewin said. "One of the key findings from the white paper was that in general, people who receive financial advice pay less tax, have little to no bad debt and have their money working harder for them." ...

IOOF expands managed accounts offering

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2018
... said this evolution of MPS provides advisers the ability to offer clients an expanded range of investment choice. IOOF general manager of distribution Mark Oliver said: "Advisers are rapidly embracing the benefits of MPS. It's helping them to create ...