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British MPs prod own pension fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2019
... offload any fossil fuel investments held in the Parliamentary Contributory Pension Fund. More than 240 serving and former MPs have signed the 'Divest Parliament' pledge, calling on the fund's trustees to phase out investments in fossil fuel companies. ...

Chief economist update: So much Brexit uncertainty, so little time

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2018
... and delayed a vote on her Brexit deal because she would lose by a huge margin. Latest reports suggest the PM will return to MPs before 21-Jan for a vote (Guardian)." May's planning to meet with EU leaders in Brussels later this week (although I don't ...

IOOF expands managed accounts offering

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2018
... offering to give advisers access to direct equities. Its managed discretionary account solution Managed Portfolio Service (MPS) will now include multi-asset models that combine direct equities with managed funds on its flagship platform, IOOF Pursuit ...

IOOF licensee launches MDA solution

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2018
... implementation to clients. Centrally managed and actively monitored and maintained, Lonsdale chief executive Mark Stephen said MPS' biggest benefit is that it allows advisers to spend more one-on-one time with clients and less on administrative tasks. ...

Financial planners improve standing in annual trust survey

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2016
... bottom half of the table were directors of public companies (18), business executives (19), newspaper journalists (20), Federal MPs (23) and stock brokers (25). "Roy Morgan's annual Image of Professions survey for 2016 shows a majority of professions ...

Mercer LifetimePlus now on MPS platform

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2015
Mercer's longevity risk solution for retirees, LifetimePlus, is now available on the Mercer Portfolio Services (MPS) retail platform. Supported by Colonial First State's wrap technology, MPS is the first retail platform to offer the product and the ...

Parliament repeals key FoFA amendments

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2015
... Government motion to repeal key amendments to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reforms in a move that has taken other MPs and industry stakeholders by complete surprise. The repeal affects the Government's proposed amendments to the Corporations ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2015
... International Monetary Fund. "The time has come for the IMF's proposals to be judged in public... by Europe," Tsipras told Greek MPs on Tuesday, adding that the global lender bore "criminal responsibility" for austerity measures that plunged the country ...

Adviser reputation hits all-time low

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2015
... reputation remained steady at 18%. Newspaper journalists obtained the same score, 18%, while politicians ranked even lower. State MPs' ethics and professionalism was rated at 14% and Federal MPs' at 13%. More than 500 Australians aged 14 years and over ...

Corporate super adviser body beefs up to face challenges

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2015
... CSSA will give the organisation a greater continuity of services; I will be fully committed to negotiate with government and MPs, and to talk with super funds," Latto told Financial Standard. Latto is a founding member of CSSA and had been its president ...