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Make 2017 a big year for financial advice

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 9 JAN 2017
It's that time of the year again where everyone gets to start with a clean slate. Ned Dane, head of private client group at US-based wealth manager OppenheimerFunds wrote an article late last month on how financial advisers should ring in the New Year. ...

ClearView partners for platform overhaul

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 20 DEC 2016
... the company to "evolve how we operate as a business." He explained: "The solution will always be up-to-date, our data is clean, and we will now only need very limited third party vendor support. Most importantly, our finance teams will be able to free ...

CBA finances wind farm construction

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2016
... consortium financing the construction of one of Australia's largest wind farms. The bank is co-financing the project with the Clean Energy Finance Corporation, CWP Renewables, Partners Group, Japan's Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation and Denmark's ...

First university climate bond issued

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2016
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation is investing $20 million in an Australian and world-first university-issued certified climate bond. Certified by the global Climate Bonds Initiative and issued by Monash University, the $218 million climate bond ...

Out-dated websites flag regulatory risk

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2016
... information. According to Liao a growing number of independent dealer groups have been looking to Canvas as they work to clean up their adviser and client portals. "Our solution is like a bulk maintenance system and a platform solution that allows the ...

Advisers must be aware of cognitive nuances

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2016
... University Dr Jason Mitchell. Developed over millions of years of evolution, Mitchell described the human brain not as a piece of clean, modern architecture but rather as a rambling farmhouse. "Some parts of our brain were built a long time ago and over ...

Godfrey Pembroke celebrates excellence in advice

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2016
... the wider financial planning community. Schortinghuis and her business partner and husband, Bernard Schortinghuis had a clean sweep of this year's awards, with Lighthouse Capital Western Australia taking out the Premier Practice Award. The award recognises ...

CBA partners to finance clean energy

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2016
The Commonwealth Bank has partnered with the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to launch a new $100 million energy efficient equipment finance program to provide lower cost finance to Australian businesses and not-for-profits that meet certain ...

NZ Super Fund partners in US renewables

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2016
... investment in Longroad, with the capability that the team offers, will help us access this sector and the shifting trend to clean energy in the United States." Infratil chief executive Marko Bogoievski added: "The Longroad opportunity emerged from an ...

Westpac tops S&P ESG index

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2016
Westpac has been determined the financial services industry leader in the S&P Dow Jones global sustainability benchmark. The S&P Dow Jones Sustainability Indices annual review, developed in partnership with RobecoSAM, showed that Westpac comfortably ...