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VanEck launches sustainable ETF

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2018
VanEck is set to launch a global equities ETF on the ASX to meet investors' shifting preferences for sustainable options. The VanEck Vectors MSCI International Sustainable Equity ETF, to list under ticker code ESGI, will invest in international companies ...

Industry fund appoints former Queensland state politician

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 5 FEB 2018
A former deputy premier of Queensland will lead the board of a $50 billion superannuation fund after it opted to scrap its traditional means of chair selection. Replacing Ben Swan, Sunsuper has appointed Andrew Fraser as its new chair. Fraser was deputy ...

VanEck rejigs Australian leadership for APAC expansion

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2018
VanEck's Australian arm announced a raft of expanded roles, including the promotion of its managing director. As part of an initiative to strengthen the delivery of VanEck's solutions in Asia, several Australian team members will take on leadership ...

SMSFs grappling with super changes

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 12 JAN 2018
Six months after the superannuation changes were put in place, self-managed superannuation fund members (SMSF) are still struggling with the complexities of the reforms, the head of the SMSF Association says. Chief executive John Maroney said SMSF members ...

AMP Capital strengthens restructured equities team

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 DEC 2017
In the wake of shuttering its core Australian equities capabilities and restructuring its domestic investment team, AMP Capital is welcoming two new portfolio managers and an analyst to the business. Joining from IFM Investors, Matthew Griffin will ...

Lapse rates review anxiety unfounded: ASIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2017
Anxiety around ASIC's life insurance policy lapse rates review among financial advisers is "misplaced" as only the most serious misconduct would result in severe penalties, a senior official said. ASIC senior executive leader of the financial advisers ...

Perth planner named Professional of the Year

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2017
Several of the highest honours in financial planning were awarded at the Financial Planning Association Professionals Congress in Hobart today, attended by about 1100 delegates. It was a double whammy win for Perth-based Capital Partners Private Wealth ...

'tis the season to not be jolly

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2017
Thank goodness Australia doesn't celebrate Thanksgiving Day - there won't be anything to give thanks for when it comes around next week. While we're at it, Santa Claus may not be coming to town either. I'm not in a "Grinchy" mood today, it's just the ...

Taxing times

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2017
It's beginning to look a lot like the Grinch will steal Christmas 2017 and investors would be happy just to get the two-front teeth in their hanged stockings. That's the feeling many an investor would get upon the reading the nasty news, exemplified ...

Students to manage university fund

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2017
Top third-year Bachelor of Commerce students at Griffith University will actively manage a $250,000 investment fund with the purpose of generating returns to fund future student scholarships. Launched earlier this week, the Student Investment Fund will ...