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Martin Currie SMA debuts on HUB24

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 1 MAY 2017
A Legg Mason Martin Currie separately managed account (SMA) has debuted on the HUB24 platform. The Legg Mason Martin Currie Equity Income Strategy addresses retiree longevity risk and avoids the need to draw down on capital through retirement, according ...

CFS becomes PRI signatory

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2017
Colonial First State has taken the next step in committing to responsible investing by becoming a signatory of the United Nations-endorsed Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI). CFS will agree to adhere to six principles which includes actively ...

FSC launches draft APL standard for risk advice

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2017
The FSC is debuting its draft life insurer approved product list standard, the final version of which will become mandatory for all members. The goal of the FSC's APL standard is to increase competition among life insurers and reduce potential conflicts ...

Industry funds in merger talks

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2017
Two industry superannuation funds have signed a heads of agreement, giving in principle support for a merger. Kinetic Super, which manages $3 billion in retirement savings and operates for the benefit of more than 270,000 members, and Sunsuper, which ...

PIMCO launches ESG bond fund

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 11 APR 2017
PIMCO is rolling out its first environmental, social and governance-screened global bond fund to Australian investors. The PIMCO ESG Global Bond Fund's investment screen is based on three processes: exclusion of companies that don't meet PIMCO's ESG ...

QIC reorganises SA infrastructure business

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2017
... director at Spark Infrastructure. Rickus, meanwhile, has been chair of MTAA Super and a director at Adelaide Airport and Principle Advisory Services. "This is an important time in both the Epic Energy business and QIC's Global Infrastructure business. ...

Data limiting ethical investing

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAR 2017
... 65% globally) also do not believe ESG equals lower returns. In the paper, The Investing enlightenment: how to combine principle and pragmatism to achieve sustainable value through ESG, an overwhelming majority (87% in APAC and 92% globally) of institutional ...

Two-year road to Brexit begins

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAR 2017
It's official. It's signed, sealed and delivered. Making good on the promise she made in October last year, UK prime minister Theresa May invoked Article 50 of the Treaty of the European Union formally setting in motion the two-year time limit for negotiations ...

Super funds support PRI statement on slavery

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAR 2017
The United Nations-supported Principles for Responsible Investment is calling on Australian superannuation funds and fund managers to sign a statement in support of a Modern Slavery Act in Australia. The statement will form part of PRI's submission ...

Fortnum creates professional advice framework

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2017
Traditional licensee models of measuring adviser performance on sales and revenue are outdated and won't survive the advice industry's transition to professionalism. That is the view of Fortnum Financial Group, which believes its newly-created professional ...