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J.P. Morgan launches ESG integration policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2020
... capital management, stakeholder engagement and climate risk. The sustainable investing team collaborated with a working group of 19 senior portfolio managers, research analysts and investment stewardship specialists across the firm to define a firmwide ...

Industry funds team up in longevity search

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2020
... probe new longevity risk products for retiree members, which could include tweaking account-based pensions. The working group, which was put together late last year, is expected to present its first findings later this month. It also plans to engage ...

Hold super accountable for miners' actions: Future Super

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2020
... superannuation system that's fair for everyone". "Our own dedicated Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Super Working Group has shown that educational outcomes leading to wage disparities, increased health challenges and lower life expectancies all ...

Boutique appoints ESG lead

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2020
... across super, investments and insurance. She is also co-chair of the Australian Sustainable Finance Initiative (ASFI) working group on Meeting Community and Consumer Expectations and has over 20 years' experience working in financial services and ...

Custodial excellence recognised

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2020
... efforts," Knights said. Knights said Vijayanathan had been a "key contributor" to the association's regulatory affairs working group, pointing to his close involvement in the preparation and submission of industry responses to two new separate disclosure ...

VFMC hires investment stewardship lead

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2020
... (ACSI). She is a member of the Australian Sustainable Finance Initiative's Sustainable financial system technical working group. A spokesperson from VFMC confirmed the hire to Financial Standard sister publication The Sustainability Report this week. ...

Tech-powered is empowered: SOAs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2019
... practice is paper-free and prosperous. Earlier this year, the FPA established The Future of the Statement of Advice Working Group which has now determined video, audio, imagery, infographics, graphs and even quizzes are the way forward. "Our vision for ...

Ethics code creates confusion around ESG

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2019
... invest in an ethical or responsible manner. For Rae, who is a member of the Ethical Adviser's Co-op and the Technical Working Group for the Australian Sustainable Finance Initiative, that would mean business as usual - however, for other advisers it ...

Actuaries develop retiree rule of thumb

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2019
... they should draw out of their savings in retirement, developing a new three-part rule of thumb. The Rule of Thumb Working Group has developed a three-part rule for single retirees receiving a full or part Age Pension but not accessing financial advice ...

Life industry steps toward trust

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2019
... Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance (ANZIIF) and the Life Insurance Professional Standards Working Group (LIPSWG) have come together to establish a professional standards framework. A memorandum of understanding signed by the ...