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Salt reveals retirement hotspots

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 DEC 2017
New analysis from Demographics Group managing director Bernard Salt has revealed the lifestyle hotspots for Australian retirees in 2017. Commissioned by the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) and presented at its recent conference ...

BetaShares launches Australian ESG fund

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 DEC 2017
Following on from its global offering, BetaShares has launched an exchange-traded fund targeting ASX companies meeting specific sustainability criteria. The BetaShares Australian Sustainability ETF, traded under the ticker code FAIR, screens out ASX ...

Austock Life revamps, hires new leaders

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 5 DEC 2017
Austock Life has appointed new management to help its rebranding efforts and launch its new product range, aiming to capture the market of financial advisers and clients of different generations. The specialist investment bond issuer has rebranded to ...

Federal Government names Royal Commission lead

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 4 DEC 2017
... miniscule number of complaints to the Financial Ombudsman Service about the stockbroking industry. For the year ended June 2017, FOS received a total of 39,479 disputes. Of these only.003% related to stockbroking," Green said. "The industry has worked ...

Sydney licensee caught out on conflicts

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2017
ASIC accepted an enforceable undertaking from a Sydney investment banking, stockbroking and research firm following an investigation into conflicts of interest. In July 2015 Foster Stockbroking was the sole lead manager for the initial public offering ...

Financial Executive Women grows advisory board

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2017
Financial Executive Women has welcomed an IRESS executive to its advisory board. The managing director of IRESS' wealth management division, Tizzy Vigilante, has joined the industry body to assist in the positive progression of women in financial services. ...

Super funds strengthen support for low carbon economy

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 24 OCT 2017
A handful of Australia's superannuation funds are among the first clients to invest in a new low carbon global shares fund from Russell Investments. GuildSuper, Child Care Super and GuildPension have already committed to allocating assets to the $368 ...

New industry body to launch

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2017
A new industry association looking to build upon Australia's insurance innovation ecosystem will be formally established this week. National not-for-profit organisation Insurtech Australia will focus on representing insurtech startups, insurers, reinsurers ...

BNP Paribas shuts out non-renewable energy producers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 OCT 2017
BNP Paribas will no longer work with companies whose principle business activities involve oil or gas exploited from shale or tar sands as a further show of its support for renewable energies. The group introduced a new global financing policy whereby ...

Life insurance complaints down: FOS

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 6 OCT 2017
... for 9% of all disputes accepted at the Financial Ombudsman Service of Australia last financial year. In its annual report FOS outlined that of the 22,475 disputes it accepted over the 12 month period, 1292 were investment and advice related and 1018 ...