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Research budgets shrink at UK asset managers

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2019
Asset managers in the United Kingdom have shrunk their research budgets by up to 30% but are delivering millions in benefits to investors, according to the UK financial authority's review of MiFID II. The Financial Conduct Authority yesterday published ...

Industry fund appoints chief executive

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2019
... strategic insight to the role of chief executive of Sunsuper." "This global experience - based in Asia and then in the United States - coupled with very strong investment and risk governance leadership credentials has given the board every confidence ...

Australia investor friendly, not consumer friendly: Report

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2019
... stick when it comes to fees and charges. The Global Investor Experience Study found Australia, the Netherlands and the United States have the lowest fees for investors, while countries like Italy and Taiwan rated the worst. Morningstar's global practice ...

Super funds recognised in UNPRI awards

KRISTI CHENG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2019
... efforts by the UNPRI. The inaugural PRI Awards have been presented, highlighting individually excellent projects across the United Nations-backed Principles for Responsible Investment's signatory base. The only Australian fund to receive an award ...

Chief economist update: Fed has Trump's trade war number

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2019
... delivers to economic activity, as businesses pull back on investment and production. They concluded that globally and in the United States, its impact is around 1% to GDP... through early next year. With U.S. GDP estimated at about $20 trillion, and ...

United front but no merger: AFA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2019
The Association of Financial Advisers has rebuffed the possibility of a merger with the Financial Planning Association of Australia but acknowledged the two bodies are increasingly recognising the strength of a single voice and a single message. Speaking ...

Life insurance leaders fear for industry

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2019
... pressure, the panelists all pointed out that it was significant that the competing insurers were all sitting together showing a united front at the conference. Mu said: "The life insurance industry is more united than it ever has been." He argued that ...

Advice association merger up to members

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2019
... Sydney this week, the head of the FPA said the advice industry was still being "ripped apart" in Canberra for not showing a united face in the past, allowing politicians to discard the lobbying efforts of both advocates for the industry. But with the ...

Train of legislation to hit advisers

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2019
... She praised the work of the AFA in coming together with the Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) to create a united voice. FPA chief executive Dante De Gori was in the audience for Bishop's speech - the first time a sitting FPA chief executive ...

Advisers band together: AFA Conference 2019 kicks off

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2019
... the sand moment for the financial advice profession and the broader industry, to show that we are all on the same team. United," James said. It is also reflected in the delegates list with a record number of paraplanners, business owners and advice support ...