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AXA IM includes ESG in smart beta offering

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2014
... a way to create alpha. "I would not sell this as an alpha idea," she said. "But what I would say is, you can make improvements along ESG dimensions without necessarily sacrificing along traditional portfolio management dimensions. "If you [the investor] ...

FOS model outdated, in need of major change

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2014
... disputes and some frustration for the parties." "Without substantive structural and process change, further incremental improvements are unlikely to be of the scale that stakeholders expect," the report stated. CRN added that only making incremental ...

AIA launches fitness program available via advisers

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2014
... believe the program will allow us to engage with customers in a compelling manner that empowers them to make real improvements in their health," AIA Australia chief executive Peter Crewe said. "As everyone in the industry is aware at the moment, we need ...

CBA posts $4.27bn half year profit

AAP & ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2014
... holiday season and there was positive activity in the housing sector. "So all in all, we continue to assume that any improvements in economic activity in the next year will be gradual rather than dramatic," Narev said.

ANZ profit on the rise in first quarter

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2014
... charge for the full year, from the previous year's $1.2 billion. "ANZ's business strategy has also led to ongoing improvements in the quality of our lending book... together with the outlook for continued low interest rates and low levels of corporate ...

Macquarie says market conditions improving

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2014
... FICC was still expected to be down on last year's result, although it could be broadly in line with 2013 if recent improvements in market conditions persist. "Consistent with our previous statement to the market, while market volatility makes forecasting ...

Centuria appoints facilities manager

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2014
... facilities manager to manage 8 Central Avenue is aligned with Centuria's commitment to ensuring the maintenance and improvements of assets within our portfolio. It also represents our continued strategic focus on acquiring and managing quality properties ...

Frontier market corporate governance greatly improved

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2014
... platform and are introducing new accounting, environmental and public regulation as well as including conditional social improvements as part of the tendering process for commercial licenses.. Advance Emerging Capital chief executive and chief investment ...

Government releases FoFA amendments

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2013
... to streamline the fee disclosure statement process and we will continue to work with Government and Treasury for improvements in this area," FPA chief executive Mark Rantall said. The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) asked for additional clarification ...

Australia's whistleblowing regime far from best-practice

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2013
... from international best-practice." Griffith University professor and whistleblowing researcher A.J. Brown asked for improvements and changes to Part 9.4 AAA of the Corporations Act in a submission to the Senate inquiry into the performance of the Australian ...