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World first green bond raises $300m

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2016
The Victorian Government green bond, issued on 19 July, has raised $300 million and will be used to help finance and refinance Victorian state investments in energy efficiency, renewable energy generation, low carbon public transport and energy efficient ...

Regulator issues new risk management guidance

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2016
Responsible entities of managed funds are receiving further guidance around risk management as ASIC aims to ensure adaptability in changing market conditions. Yesterday ASIC released a consultation paper on the proposed regulatory guidance and said ...

PROFILE: Metlife chief executive Deanne Stewart

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2016
A born leader, Deanne Stewart, chief executive of MetLife Australia, has both a love of numbers and desire to help others, two things that have driven her commitment to creating change in the financial services industry. Stewart says she has always ...

Super gets reality check on engagement

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2016
Choice chief executive Alan Kirkland told superannuation funds a few home truths this week, relaying several member perceptions about the industry ahead of research to be released by the consumer advocacy group. Speaking at an Association of Superannuation ...

"We were wrong about super": FSC chair

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2016
The superannuation system was sold incorrectly to Australians, according to the Financial Services Council's new chair Geoff Lloyd. Speaking on a panel at the 2016 FSC Leaders Summit in Melbourne, Lloyd said: "The industry was wrong to sell super as ...

Fund assets surge while market shrinks: FSC/Morningstar

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2016
Assets held in Australian funds have almost doubled since 2005 even though the amount of active funds is steadily decreasing, according to new research by the Financial Services Council and Morningstar. The new FSC/Morningstar report, released during ...

Trust ahead of returns for member retention

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2016
Members who have changed jobs since joining Equip have for the first time ranked trust ahead of investment returns as the reason for sticking with the fund. In Equip's 2016 member survey conducted by CoreData, just over a third of these 730 members ...

New income fund launches

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2016
... all market conditions, Aviva Investors is launching the AIMS Target Income Fund in Australia. It is available to institutional investors as well as retail investors through platform providers. Aviva Investors' head of business development Australasia ...

Swedish pension giant commits to total decarbonisation

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUL 2016
One of Sweden's largest pension funds has made the biggest single commitment to low carbon investing by an institutional investor. In order to reduce its exposure to climate risk, The Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund, known as AP4, has allocated ...

Tasplan and RBF merger confirmed

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUL 2016
The Tasplan and RBF Tasmanian Accumulation Scheme successor fund transfer will go ahead following support from the Tasmanian government. Tasplan currently manages $3.4 billion on behalf of 106,000 active members, with the merger and transfer of RBF ...