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Colonial First State to cut tobacco by 2020

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2018
Colonial First State has vouched to offload all its tobacco-related investments by 2020, as it signs on to the UN-endorsed Tobacco-Free Finance Pledge. CFS currently has less than 1% of total assets in tobacco-related investments but declined to disclose ...

Former AustralianSuper risk boss joins AMP super boards

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2018
A former head of risk management at AustralianSuper has joined the boards responsible for the governance of AMP's superannuation funds. Tony Brain will link with AMP to help govern its suite of superannuation funds, adding more than 30 years of experience ...

Chief economist update: When QE turns to QT

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2018
... September - when US long bond yields topped 3%, before the Fed provided a clear guidance on the trajectory of its future interest rate hikes (one this year, three in 2019 and one in 2020). Trump has already upped the ante on his trade war against China ...

Charity comparator to launch premium service

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2018
... website will feed back into this benchmark. A seed raise is under way to support future growth. "We have had expressions of interest from a charities, people in philanthropic circles as well as service providers to charities but we can't disclose names," ...

SMSFs: Who, what, where, when and how

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2018
Financial advisers have been provided with a simple checklist to employ when considering recommending a self-managed superannuation fund to clients. Australian Financial Complaints Authority lead ombudsman - superannuation, June Smith reinforced the ...

Chief economist update: It wasn't me, it's the Fed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2018
... the Fed as the slide on Wall Street continued overnight. "It's a correction that I think is caused by the Fed and interest rates. The dollar is very strong, very powerful, and it causes difficulty doing business." The Fed "is far too stringent... ...

APRA will rethink how it assesses risk: Byres

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2018
... conduct exist, they are often totally voluntary. And on the evidence before the Royal Commission, the balance between self-interest, company interest and serving the community's interest has not always been appropriately struck," he said.

Chief economist update: Wall Street has fallen, prepare to be greedy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2018
... Halloween - with accompanying rationales at that. Wall Street plunges as investors seek safety - Sky News Sudden jump in US interest rates prompts Wall Street stock plunge - Aljazeera.com Wall Street plunges on rising rates - The Australian Wall Street ...

Diversification mandates lead the way: Research

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2018
... of the milestone for moving from emerging products to established products." This three-year time period saw plenty of interest for new buyers of risk premia, Goodworth said. It mostly came about because institutional investors were often interested ...

Financial literacy critical to European retirement

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2018
... financial literacy and investment "does not allow for growth in retirement savings in real terms." "Despite 10 years of low interest rates and a few years of negative interest rates because of quantitative easing in Europe, households still keep holding ...