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More climate risk action needed: SSGA

KRISTI CHENG  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2019
State Street Global Advisors said it has prioritised a deeper examination of ESG integration across its investment strategies as it released its Annual Stewardship Report for 2019. While environmental, social, and governance considerations has always ...

APRA hires from AustralianSuper

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2019
A portfolio manager in the nation's largest superannuation fund has taken a leadership role at the prudential regulator. APRA confirmed to Financial Standard the appointment of AustralianSuper senior portfolio manager Mark Ferguson as head of investment ...

UBS Asset Management drops fees

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2019
UBS Asset Management has reduced the management fees and indirect costs on three multi-asset funds which together have over $530 million in assets. UBS's Tactical Beta Fund range started in 2012 and invests in a range of asset classes, including ...

Frydenberg flags new advice disciplinary system

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 19 AUG 2019
A new disciplinary system for financial advisers with a central disciplinary body headlines the government's Royal Commission implementation roadmap released today. Revealing how the government will tackle the 76 recommendations made by Commissioner ...

Australian fintech, Deliveroo partner

KRISTI CHENG  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUL 2019
The food delivery provider has partnered with an Australian fintech appto help their riders during tax time and accrue retirement savings. Deliveroo partnered with Solo & Smart, a mobile app designed for the self-employed in Australia, offering automatic ...

ASIC moves to ban direct life cold calling

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2019
ASIC moved to ban the unsolicited telephone sales of life and consumer credit insurance. Consultation is open for ASIC's proposal to ban the sale of direct life and consumer credit insurance by unsolicited phone calls, in a move the corporate regulator ...

Russell launches next gen managed accounts

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2019
Russell Investments launched what it is calling a "next generation" suite of multi-asset managed accounts - the first managed accounts offering for the investment giant. The offering comes in response to the growing adviser and investor preference for ...

Deutsche Bank slashes global workforce, exits global equities

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2019
Deutsche Bank is pushing past a "difficult period" by overhauling its global operations, resulting in 18,000 employees losing their jobs. The European bank announced overnight it will exit global equities functions of sales and trading, but retain an ...

VanEck changes tack on ETF

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2019
Australia's only exchange-traded fund to track S&P/ASX 200 companies which pay 100% franked dividends has changed its strategy. The VanEck Vectors S&P/ASX Franked Dividend ETF (ASX: FDIV) tracked an index that VanEck developed with S&P Dow Jones ...

Wealth management investigations spike

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2019
The corporate regulator's wealth management investigations increased 129% in the year to March 2019, ASIC commissioner John Price said yesterday. In opening comments to a keynote panel discussion at the Governance and Risk Management Forum in Melbourne ...