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Investment purpose critical to advice: Nikko AM

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUL 2017
Advisers need to be clear on the key differences between environmental, social and governance (ESG) factor based investing and socially responsible investing (SRI) if they are going to remain helpful to clients. Speaking to Financial Standard, Nikko ...

Competition would save Australians millions in super fees: Deloitte

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUL 2017
Permitting the entrance of further competition in the superannuation marketplace would reduce fees by $292 million per year across 14 million MySuper accounts. A report issued by Deloitte Access Economics (DAE) finds that the facilitation of choice ...

Man posing as financial adviser charged

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUN 2017
A Sydney man posing as a financial adviser has been charged after he allegedly defrauded elderly clients of their life savings. The 34-year-old man, who was the sole director of a Woollahra-based finance and investment company, was arrested yesterday ...

MSCI adds China to indices

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUN 2017
Global equity index provider MSCI will add China A shares to two of its indices starting June 2018. More than 220 China A large cap stocks will be incorporated to the MSCI Emerging Markets Index, estimated to have a 0.73% weighting. China A shares will ...

CBA advice compensation reaches $29m

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUN 2017
The amount of compensation offered to Commonwealth Bank financial planning customers has reached $29 million, according to the seventh and final Promontory report into the Open Advice Review Program. Of that amount, $22.9 million has been paid so far ...

VicSuper launches ESG member option

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUN 2017
VicSuper is launching a socially responsible investment option in response to extensive employer and member concerns about climate change, human rights violations and companies involved in potentially harmful activities. The new option follows on from ...

ETP demand grows, fees stable

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 5 JUN 2017
Exchange traded products are charging fees disproportionately to the dramatic growth in assets and number of products available, according to Rainmaker data. Between March 2013 and 2017, ETP funds under management quadrupled from $7.2 billion to $27.2 ...

ESG data creates barrier for Aussie instos

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2017
About three-quarters of Australian institutional investors are incorporating environmental, social and governance factors in investment decisions. This is a key finding in the latest global study from BNP Paribas Securities Services. In a survey of ...

Macron won't stop populist tide: William Blair

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAY 2017
Emmanuel Macron's election as French President won't be enough to stem the tide of populist sentiment in Europe and its effects on European markets, according to William Blair dynamic allocation strategies portfolio manager Thomas Clarke. Speaking at ...

Investors torn over ESG capabilities

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2017
The Australian National University has altered its commitment to socially responsible investing after changing the manner in which its domestic equities investments are managed. While the university committed to divesting from several resource and mining ...