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Actor linked to Malaysian pension fund scandal

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 19 JUN 2017
... individuals can expect to hide assets and lavishly spend money that should be used for the benefit of citizens of other nations," Brown said. The DoJ said 1MDB funds had been diverted to offshore shell entities to fund, among other things, a 300-foot ...

Limited super investment in VC holding Australia back: AVCAL

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUN 2017
... FY2016 being a record year for VC investment, Australia's VC sector remains less than half that of the OECD + average (OECD nations plus a handful of others countries including China, Taiwan and Singapore), at just 0.023% of Australia's GDP compared ...

ESG data creates barrier for Aussie instos

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2017
... as evidenced by the fact that Australia, with 120 asset owners and managers as signatories, ranks fourth on the United Nations' Principles of Responsible Investment signatories list behind the US, UK and France." The survey also highlights 53% of Australian ...

Australia ranks fifth for financial literacy

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2017
... understand and apply knowledge to financial questions. The four countries ahead of Australia were China, Belgium, Canada and nations grouped as the Russian Federation. ASIC deputy chair Peter Kell said he welcomed these results, noting 15% of Australian ...

CFA Institute investigates ESG investment gap

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAY 2017
The CFA Institute is partnering with a United Nations-backed organisation to determine why investment managers aren't standardising environmental, social and governance factors across all asset classes. CFA Institute, together with the Principles for ...

Australian impact investing primed to reach $32bn

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAY 2017
... Investment Association Australasia's (RIAA) chief executive Simon O'Connor said the Forum will bring voices from across the two nations together to work in the interests of building a strong impact investment market. "RIAA's mission is to see more capital ...

Latin America on institutional investment radar

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2017
... trade and put in place embargo measures, Mexico's labour competitiveness would remain unparalleled. It's unlikely that nations such as China would take up any trading slack, which would leave the Mexican economy relatively unscathed," Asenjo said. The ...

Asia-Pacific needs more retirement income specialists: Milliman

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
Populations in East Asia and the Pacific are ageing faster than other regions in the world but many nations are yet to develop comprehensive retirement income systems. Global consulting and actuarial firm Milliman said across the Asia-Pacific consumers ...

CFS becomes PRI signatory

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2017
... Colonial First State has taken the next step in committing to responsible investing by becoming a signatory of the United Nations-endorsed Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI). CFS will agree to adhere to six principles which includes actively ...

O Canada

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 APR 2017
... threat continues, but when (if?) the nuclear sabre-rattling dies down, we could be at Trump's crosshairs, as would other nations.