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Industry gathers for ESG academy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2008
Wealth management institutions, industry bodies and even a rock star turned politician were among the crowd that gathered yesterday at a stakeholder meeting to develop the Responsible Investment Academy curriculum and framework. Former Midnight Oil ...

The nub of being a hub

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2008
Local fund managers have the right skills and resources to make Australia the financial services hub in Asia and beyond but taking on that mantle doesn't necessarily mean the money has to be managed at home. Speaking at the IFSA conference yesterday ...

REST terminates GMO

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2008
The $14 billion REST Superannuation has axed an Australian Equities mandate with GMO due to concerns with the fund manager's team changes. According to Damian Hill, chief executive of REST Superannuation, the super fund ended a four year relationship ...

MLC adopts paraplanning referral service

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2008
Financial services firm MLC is dropping its paraplanning strategy with ThreeSixty and moving its financial planning service to a referral model. MLC set up ThreeSixty in 1999 and has been using the business for all its paraplanning requirements. This ...

Sparks fly at APRA statistics forum

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2008
A forum convened by APRA to discuss their superannuation statistical surveys became one of the most heated seminars the industry has seen in years as the regulator reacted to heavy criticism that they are not properly reporting investment returns. Charles ...

Record intake for MLC adviser program

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2008
MLC's Adviser Scholarship Program received a record number of applications for its latest intake, which starts this month. The program is designed to help financial planning practices grow their business and provide a structured career path to new advisers. ...

China's growth sustainable: Wang

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2008
Strong leadership, effective planning and a willingness to learn from Western economies guarantees the Chinese economy's growth is sustainable and will continue to flourish, according to Dr Xisu Wang, China grand master and foreign investment consultant. ...

Lincoln to launch more 'golden rule' funds

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2008
Melbourne-based Australian share research house Lincoln plans to use its tried-and-tested approach to launch three products across small caps, income and global equities in the next 12 to 18 months. Elio D'Amato, Lincoln chief executive, said the firm ...

UK instos back climate change fundie

Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS), UK's second largest pension fund, is joining three other institutional investors in investing more than $160 million in Climate Change Capital Group. The USS together with Alliance Trust, SNS REAAL N.V., and ...

Back to school on finance

BlackRock's chief executive Laurence Fink and his wife Lori have donated US$10 million to UCLA to fund academic research that could help explain the changing world of finance post sub-prime. Fink is an alumnus of UCLA and is currently the chair of UCLA's ...