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Responsible investing demand unstoppable

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 3 APR 2017
Global demand for ethical investment strategies and products is putting more pressure on asset managers to generate returns beyond hard performance numbers. Australia and New Zealand held A$675 billion in sustainable investment assets in 2016, or 50.6% ...

ECB nips the bud of rate hike speculations

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAR 2017
The continued sprouting of green shoots in the Eurozone economy has recently triggered speculations that the European Central Bank (ECB) would soon taper its policy accommodation measures soon. While the Governing Council voted to keep monetary policy ...

BlackRock moves to machine stock picking

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAR 2017
After an extensive review BlackRock has restructured its active equities product offering and affirmed its plans to integrate artificial intelligence, hinting that future jobs will be aligned with robots. In positioning itself for the future, the world's ...

Associations not sold on PC draft report

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAR 2017
The Productivity Commission's draft report on alternative default models for the superannuation system has been met with mixed responses from the industry. The Commission recommended a number of changes to the current default fund system and took aim ...

Two-year road to Brexit begins

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAR 2017
It's official. It's signed, sealed and delivered. Making good on the promise she made in October last year, UK prime minister Theresa May invoked Article 50 of the Treaty of the European Union formally setting in motion the two-year time limit for negotiations ...

ASIC releases RE compliance obligations

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAR 2017
The Australian Securities and Investment Commission is urging responsible entities to maintain adequate risk management systems to avoid any adverse consequences for investors. ASIC's recently released regulatory guide - RG 259 Risk Management systems ...

FPA pushes tax deductible incentives

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAR 2017
The Financial Planning Association of Australia is advocating for tax deductions of management fees and costs associated with the initial preparation of a financial plan. In its pre-budget submission to the Federal Government, the FPA says ongoing management ...

Global healing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAR 2017
It could have been triggered by anything imaginable under the sun, but the financial markets' correction - due to Trump's repeal/replace Obamacare failure - should be seen as that, one that "corrects" overvalued levels that have run ahead of fundamentals. ...

Super trustees need better vigilance: APRA

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 27 MAR 2017
APRA's deputy chair Helen Rowell hit out at superannuation trustees who incur "inappropriate expenditures" saying that unnecessary costs negatively affect outcomes for members. Speaking to delegates at the 2017 Conference of Major Super Funds (CMSF) ...

ASIC cancels AFSL licences

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 27 MAR 2017
ASIC cancelled the Australian financial services licenses of two financial services companies for failure to comply with a number of key obligations. Rebate Financial Services, a Melbourne-based licensed securities dealer, and Capstone Capital, a Perth-based ...