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Let me down gently

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 APR 2017
... indicating a slowdown in the country's property market. The bubbling Australian property market had been the central bank's major source of concern in recent times. Concern that was spelt out last month by RBA Assistant Governor (Financial System) Michele ...

ESG risk tool launches

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 10 APR 2017
... that effectively include ESG issues. This is a global issue. ESG factors are frequently used by investors when they make major investment decisions," AIRA's chief executive Ian Matheson said.

Investment management industry needs overhaul: CFA

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 10 APR 2017
The CFA Institute believes the investment management industry is at a critical inflection point, urging leaders to transform business models and adopt new skills or else risk future success. Investment managers must also do more to build trust with ...

Life insurance claims handling must improve: ISWG

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2017
The Insurance in Superannuation Working Group is calling for the removal of complexity around claims handling. Releasing the second of its discussion papers around the development of the Life Insurance Code of Practice for superannuation trustees, the ...

The challenging nature of ethics

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2017
... in her role as chief operating officer of Tobacco-Free Portfolios, campaigning for divestment in tobacco by Australia's major institutional investors. "The finance sector is so interestingly linked in with tobacco and the facts about tobacco are devastating. ...

Not as good as the headline

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2017
... the 3% fall in January, the 1.0% growth in February exports is weaker than December's 5.0 surge and growth in some of its major components - non-rural goods (up 1%); services (up 1%); net exports under mercantiling (0%) - not that spectacular. Rural ...

Banking scrutiny to escalate: ABA

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 6 APR 2017
... response to an issue; 17 banks have this in place. The other is the new whistleblower policy, which has been endorsed by the major banks, ensuring anonymity for whistleblowers and allowing them to approach regulators directly. Other banks will have their ...

Super fund private equity demand growing

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2017
... regulation, Minter Ellison partner and expert corporate and acquisition transactional lawyer Victoria Allen pointed out. This major overhaul of foreign investment rules, which came into effect in December 2015, is now beginning to pose as a "real deal ...

Aussie investors push tobacco exclusions

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 3 APR 2017
A global active fund manager says Australia is at the forefront of the shift towards ex-tobacco investment portfolios. Vontobel Asset Management global equities portfolio manager Ramiz Chelat said majority of the firm's assets in Australian mandates ...

Data limiting ethical investing

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAR 2017
The lack of quality data and transparency are barriers for institutional investors wanting to fully integrate an environmental, social and governance framework in their investment process, the latest research from State Street shows. About 60% of Asia-Pacific ...