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CBA commits to bond-structured climate change solutions

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 AUG 2017
... the environment and society. The bank should tell investors about the risks climate change will have on its business." Research from financial services activist group Market Forces shows that since Commonwealth Bank first committed to support the goal ...

Rethink the great Australian dream: Report

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 AUG 2017
... term, this could have budget implications for governments as more people become reliant on government assistance," CEDA research and policy committee chair Rodney Maddock said. "Barring any major economic jolts, demand pressures are likely to continue ...

Morgan Stanley appoints Australia research head

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 29 AUG 2017
Morgan Stanley has appointed a new head of research for Australia. Richard Wiles takes on the role having previously been a banks and financial institutions group analyst. He replaces Lou Pirenc, who is relocating to New York to take on the position ...

Pre-retirees risk significant shortfalls: MLC

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 29 AUG 2017
... number of pre-retirees are at risk of falling short of what is required for a 'comfortable retirement', according to research from MLC. More than half of those aged between 50 and 70 are on course to fall beneath the ASFA standard ($545,000 for a single ...

Iceberg MDAs driving managed account FUM

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 29 AUG 2017
The amount of money pouring into managed discretionary accounts has seen the total funds under management in managed accounts rise 22.5% in just six months. According to the FUM Census from the Institute of Managed Account Professionals, as at 30 June ...

Australian investment firm opens London office

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 25 AUG 2017
A Sydney-based global asset management firm is seeing in the new financial year with the opening of a research office in London. Antipodes Partners, which first launched in 2015 through former deputy chief investment officer of Platinum Asset Management ...

Fund manager chief steps down, appoints investment director

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 25 AUG 2017
... executive. He served in a number of senior roles at Hunter Hall; the most recent being head of responsible investment research, interim chief executive and risk manager. He's also served as a convenor for the Australian Sustainability Awards for 12 years ...

Big tech leads fintech optimism

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2017
Three years of global research on fintechs has delivered an optimistic assessment about their disruptive and transformative role in financial services. The research culminated in an 197-page report released by the World Economic Forum and Deloitte ...

Indefensible bonuses cause for concern: ACSI

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2017
Despite a general consensus that bonuses are only paid in the event of exceptional performance, about 90% of ASX100 chief executives received a bonus in FY16. While the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors' annual survey of chief executive ...

Vanguard appoints Australian active team head

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2017
Vanguard appointed the head of its Australian quantitative equity group (QEG) as part of an expansion to its Melbourne team. Michael Roach will lead the Australian QEG, having previously been a quantitative equities portfolio manager for Vanguard in ...