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Unions lobby super sector to cut big bank, AMP ties

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2018
The Australian Council of Trade Unions is calling on industry superannuation funds to review partnerships with the big banks in light of issues exposed at the financial services Royal Commission. In a letter to industry fund chief executives, ACTU secretary ...

FSC launches asset manager governance regime

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2018
... is not a prerequisite for adhering to the new regime. "Our Internal Governance and Asset Stewardship standard sets Australian asset managers-responsible for investing almost $3 trillion dollars - what we believe is the highest bar in the world for reporting ...

Fintech exposes SMSFs to global shares

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 31 OCT 2017
... investors have lost touch with the local market, yet there are no simple, low-cost ways to access the global markets for Australian retail investors. "It's vital that investors are given the opportunity and cost effective access to diversify their investment ...

ACSI urges investor action on slavery, warns of financial risks

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 1 AUG 2017
The Australian Council of Superannuation Investors is urging the Federal Government to introduce laws requiring companies to report on the steps they are taking to ensure supply chains are free of slavery. This, according to ACSI, will enable increased ...

Korea scopes out Aussie asset management market

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2017
... scheme commencing at the end of 2017. As a partner of the Financial Services Council, the Korean delegation met with Australian asset managers yesterday for a roundtable discussion on what the new cross border trade initiatives could mean, and educated ...

Collective power: What's next for profit-to-member funds?

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAR 2017
... solving problems including aged care, housing affordability, ethical investing, and internal fund work culture. Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) president Ged Kearney called on the sector to step-up its co-ordination on efforts to take on companies ...

Australia missing golden export opportunity

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAR 2017
The current withholding tax regime is severely stifling management of offshore funds, and by extension, the Australian economy. New research from UBS Asset Management and the Financial Services Council shows that over the past 30 years, the amount of ...

Turnbull putting industry fund governance back on the table

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2016
... 2017. Emphasising the importance of competition in financial services, Turnbull also highlighted his plans to make Australian fund managers more competitive overseas, having noted that at present only 4% of Australian funds under management comes from ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2016
... Assuming, all the factors of GDP stay the same, another quarter of negative contribution from net exports would take the Australian economy to its first recession since 1990. But that's if you believe that one swallow makes a spring. Monthly export growth ...

Infrastructure investment at risk from default super changes

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2016
... business, government and super fund member interest best aligns to deliver these projects is the bigger question. Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) secretary Dave Oliver told the forum that industry super's story should resonate politically but ...