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Stop guessing games: AMP Capital

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2020
... he is certain it is more important than ever to think long term. "Trying to second guess the short term is an impossible task and can tie investors up in knots," Steele said. "In the short term markets are driven by speculation with little connection ...

Impact offers opportunity during crisis: Report

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2020
As COVID-19 exposes entrenched problems in society, the ability to scale social impact investments in Australia holds significant promise to drive progress towards solutions, a new report reveals. UTS associate professor Danielle Logue and Dr Gillian ...

Create coalitions for change: Martin Currie

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2020
... sustainable practices of the companies it invests in. Martin Currie has also aligned its activities with recommendations from the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), it said. The TCFD develops regular voluntary climate-related ...

Super advocate takes FSC to task over TPD tests

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
Super Consumers Australia has called on Australia's life insurance industry to eradicate "junk terms" from total and permanent disability insurance, after the Financial Services Council committed to ensuring TPD cover wouldn't be impacted if ...

Willis Towers Watson ushers in the future of work

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2020
... time when the world of work has never been more uncertain," he said. The software will allow companies to analyse work at a task level, he said, so as to gain greater insight into the rapidly changing needs of their business. "Their analysis can reveal ...

Challenger launches new retirement tool

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2020
Challenger has launched a new tool to help retirees and pre-retirees better understand the financial realities of retirement. The annuity provider has today launched Retire with Confidence, a tool designed to help retirees understand how long their ...

Fidante adds to London office

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2020
Challenger's multi-boutique business has added to its London office's institutional sales team. Fidante Partners appointed Kerry Duffain to its institutional client solutions team in the London office. Duffain was most recently the head of European ...

ME Bank pays industry funds no dividends

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
MP Tim Wilson has argued industry super funds' ownership of ME Bank is at odds with the sole purpose test as the bank has yet to pay dividends. Following ME Bank's controversial decision to slash redraw balances on some legacy home loans, and ...

Processes are the problem, not people: Count Financial

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2020
The majority of the problems faced by practices in delivering advice efficiently can be attributed to process issues not people, according to Count Financial. Countplus acquired the Count Financial from the Commonwealth Bank late last year for just ...

AMP defends hefty remuneration bill

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020
... executive's pay arrangements were designed to take into account his experience as a change agent and the significant task in leading the business through a transformation," Murray said. "The rewards are substantial but the hurdles are challenging." ...