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Global Financial Inclusion winners announced

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2015
... Wall Street Journal's Financial Inclusion Challenge, supported by the MetLife Foundation, has been recognised by The Asia Society in Hong Kong. The Challenge is a global project launched in Asia to recognise innovative, sustainable, scalable strategies ...

PROFILE: Magellan chief investment officer Hamish Douglass

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2015
... low active shares and charging full-freight fees on them. I think the passive industry has done a wonderful service for society." So where next for Magellan? Is Douglass worried about talented staff running off to set up their own firms? "I think it's ...

Failure to monitor ESG may breach fiduciary duty

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2015
... partner at law firm Youngdahl & Citti, told Responsible Investor: "The effects of climate change on investments and on society was not an issue when many holdings were purchased. "Today it is. Thus, trustees must consider what effect climate change has ...

Zero-margin platforms could target Australian market

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2015
... "zero-margin" providers, according to Bravura Solutions research. Referencing economist Jeremy Rifkin's The Zero Marginal Cost Society, Bravura's report notes the rise of fintech startups like Robinhood, which offer free solutions to trading customers ...

Australia: which way now?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2015
... where private leverage is already rather high or even too high". Gov Glenn spelled it out in his address to the Economic Society of Australia in Brisbane last June, "...it really is very important that other policies coalesce around a narrative for growth". ...

Legalsuper appoints SA client service manager

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2015
... is pleased to already support the South Australian legal community as a sponsor of the CPD Conference Series of the Law Society of South Australia and national corporate partner of the Australasian Legal Practice Management Association (ALPMA)." Legalsuper's ...

Climate change to impact financial systems

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2015
... question is whether the entire financial system can adapt in an orderly way to climate change and related shifts in policy, society and technology." As reported in Financial Standard A in June, a Mercer report predicted climate change will have an impact ...

Market to open flat

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2015
... weekly consumer confidence survey are due out. And in Brisbane, Reserve Bank governor Glenn Stevens speaks at an Economic Society of Australia lunch. In equities news, ANZ chief executive Mike Smith speaks at a Trans-Tasman Business Circle lunch. In ...

AustralianSuper backs CFA Code

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2015
... and consistent ethical and professional behaviour framework across all managers in all asset classes." President of CFA Society Sydney, Anthony Serhan, said the code outlined the ethical and professional responsibilities of firms that manage assets on ...

CFA appoints Australia head of advocacy

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2015
... Zealand gives us more scope to focus on important issues in our markets and to provide leadership around solutions," CFA Society Sydney president Anthony Serhan said. "The appointment is particularly relevant in the context of the recent Financial Services ...