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Impact Investing Australia chief to depart

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 20 FEB 2017
... Richard Brandweiner have been appointed as vice-chairs. The change in strategy coincides with news today that the Federal Government is looking into amending the mandate of its Clean Energy Finance Corporation to allow it to invest in carbon capture ...

ATO must reunite individuals with lost super: ASFA

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2017
A peak superannuation body is calling on the federal government to increase its responsibility in reuniting Australians with millions of dollars in unclaimed super. In a pre-budget submission Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) chief ...

Future Fund cautious on risk and return

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2017
... strategy. Announcing a 7.8% return for the 2016 calendar year, Costello said the Future Fund is working with the Federal Government on the appropriate investment mandate for the next 10 years. The fund currently requires a real return of CPI +4.5%. Since ...

Government to aid growth of social impact investment

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2017
... addressing Australia's supply of affordable housing. Both industry super funds and banks have called on the federal government to establish a structure that facilitates institutional investors to finance housing stock. Cbus encouraged the establishment ...

QIC closes renewable energy fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2017
... complete, the PARF will be the fourth largest renewable generation owner contributing towards the Australian Federal Government's Renewable Energy Target (RET), while the farm itself will be the second largest in NSW. Construction of the Silverton Wind ...

ASFA slams Grattan as 'out of touch'

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2017
... in their retirement, not poorer and sicker," Fahy said. ASFA released a further statement pleading with the federal government to give the superannuation industry "time to breathe." Fahy said that following a raft of legislative reform and multiple reviews ...

Investors must look further than US: J.P. Morgan

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JAN 2017
The coming year will see economic momentum build in the US, but investors should not rely solely on US assets according to J.P. Morgan global market strategist Kerry Craig. Speaking at a media roundtable yesterday, Craig advised that investors should ...

Super changes spark engagement

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 10 JAN 2017
The Federal Government's rollout of the biggest changes to superannuation in more than a decade is seeing financial advisers and investors pay increased attention to portfolio management. At the investor end of the spectrum, Colonial First State is ...

Medium risk for terrorism funding in financial advice

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 22 DEC 2016
A Federal Government agency says there is a medium level of risk for money laundering and terrorism financing in the Australian financial planning industry. The Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC), the government's financial ...

Government shelves ASIC register sale

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 DEC 2016
The Federal Government has unexpectedly terminated its sale of ASIC's registry. In a statement, Minister for Finance Mathias Cormann said that following a thorough evaluation of various private sector bids for the register, the process was cancelled. ...