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ANZ wealth sale marks end of an advice era

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2016
ANZ's potential sale of its wealth business will send ripples through the succession plans of many advice businesses now that banks can no longer be considered a "buyer of last resort." During a media briefing discussing the bank's full-year results ...

CPI says RBA no go on Melbourne Cup Day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2016
... commodity prices index has risen by 19.7%, Brent oil's up 38.5%, Iron ore by 43.6% and World Bank data shows the Australian Coal price has risen by 40% in the first nine months of this year. Reduced pricing power, partly due to increased competition. ...

Macquarie Infrastructure buys rail business

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2016
... through a two-decade rail haulage contract that provides for exclusive rights to rail shipments from some of the premier steam coal mines in the world, serving end users in Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and Southeast Asia. Furthermore, we believe that our ...

Tobacco and super funds must split

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2016
... primary business activity is armaments, uranium, gambling, pornography, alcohol production, production or sale of thermal coal and tobacco production, with all companies then ranked according to environmental impact, social consequences and governance. ...

Lonsec rates Altius bond funds

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 18 OCT 2016
... involving armaments, uranium, gambling, tobacco production, pornography, alcohol production, or the production or sale of thermal coal. In its review of the funds, Lonsec said: "The funds seek to shift between cash and Australian bonds at various times ...

Super industry CEO joins IIRC board

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2016
Australian Council of Superannuation Investors chief executive Louise Davidson will be the first Australian to join the board of the International Integrated Reporting Council. Davidson's three year board term begins 1 October and her appointment will ...

Super fund investment transparency can improve

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2016
... exposure to fossil fuel investments and a third would be prepared to switch funds if their own were found to be investing in coal or coal seam gas extraction. The views on investment portfolio disclosure come following ASIC recently saying it is motivated ...

Capital stewards create value on Main Street

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2016
... values-based investing becomes tricky. He said another example at Aberdeen was whether to invest in Queensland's Abbot Point coal terminal. The firm was not comfortable with the governance element in ESG. Bishop said the asset was well liked, it was ...

Parliament goes to war on super

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2016
Superannuation policy is headlined as one of the federal government's first tests when parliament resumes next week, following opposition plans to amend some of the biggest changes to super in a decade. Opposition Leader Bill Shorten wants the $500,000 ...

Treasurer ignored credit warnings: Bowen

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2016
Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen said Treasurer Scott Morrison ignored his warnings that Australia was in danger of losing its AAA credit rating. At the 2016 FSC Leaders Summit in Melbourne, Bowen said that the Coalition has repeatedly ignored warnings ...