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Police super a budget beneficiary

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2016
More than 16,000 New South Wales police officers will directly benefit from one of the federal government's superannuation measures to be announced in Tuesday's budget. Both federal and NSW governments have agreed to share the costs of an arrangement ...

MSCI measures insto ESG exposure

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2016
... series of targets to be achieved by 2030. MSCI ESG Sustainable Impact Metrics groups the 17 SDGs into five actionable themes: basic needs, empowerment, climate change, natural capital and governance. The MSCI ACWI Sustainable Impact Index is designed ...

Industry groups slam SEC plan to limit derivatives

WHITNEY FITZSIMMONS  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2016
... funds would be required to comply with a limitation on either exposure to or risk from derivatives. The SEC has suggested a basic cap of 150% with an exception that would allow up to 300% exposure if the fund met an additional test. In a statement the ...

Senate recommends immediate adviser bans following "bitter harvest"

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAR 2016
... to financial advisers, the report said that there were "horrifying deficiencies in the way some advisers adhered to the basic requirements to know their client, the product they were recommending and to have a reasonable basis for their advice... [and ...

New how-to guide for ESG reporting

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2016
... 200 companies currently fail to provide meaningful information on sustainability factors and a further 17% provide only basic information. In turn the groups have updated their joint guide for Australian companies on how to identify and report environmental ...

New robo-advice business launches

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2016
BetaSmartz, a new robo-advice platform aimed at both institutional and retail investors, has launched today. The platform uses algorithms based on 60 years of academic research to create portfolios that equal the performance and sophistication of those ...

"More focused" NAB lifts profit

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2016
An 8% rise in quarterly cash earnings saw National Australia Bank (NAB) post cash profit to $1.5 billion for the December quarter. Total cash earnings for the period stood at $1.7 billion owing to increased margins and a halving of bad debts. "Our performance ...

Deflation and China pose biggest risks: PIMCO

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2016
... stock/bond correlation, importance of the "FX factor" and reduced market liquidity. "We have centred our 2016 outlook on the basic assumption that global growth proceeds along PIMCO's central case of around 2.5% accompanied by a modest uptick in inflation ...

Members should vote for super fund directors

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2016
... chosen the directors they believe will represent their best interests," Burrell said. "Good fund governance starts with the basic principle that members must have a voice. Yet at the moment, members of most funds have no say in who represents their interests. ...

IQ Group appoints principal consultant

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2016
... promotion, Barrie added, "This promotion gives me the scope to expand my winning formula for ensuring our teams perform beyond basic account management responsibilities to build long lasting relationships with customer organisations. "We bring together ...