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SASB appoints Australian advisor

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2020
The global body responsible for setting sustainability disclosure standards has appointed its first senior advisor for Australia following increased interest from local institutional investors. The Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) has ...

Chief economist update: Letter V going viral in Australia

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2020
"Said the night wind to the little lamb, Do you see what I see?" The letter V is going viral in Australia (pardon the pun). It was most recently seen in the NAB Business Survey for October, underscored by the sharp rebound in business confidence and ...

BT reduces wholesale fees

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2020
BT has reduced the management fees of the BT Multi-manager Funds to keep up with new legislation taking effect in the New Year. Effective 1 November 2020, BT said changes to the adviser fee function in the BT Wholesale Multi-manager Funds have been ...

Emotions lead to losses: Oxford Risk

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2020
Making emotional decisions by increasing allocations to cash throughout market volatility can lead to long term losses, but diagnostic tools for financial advisers may solve the problem, according to a behavioural finance expert. Oxford Risk said investors ...

Chief economist update: V for vaccine

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2020
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas. Encouraging test results for a COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech sent world equity markets from New York to Rio and ol' London town on the up and up and up. Pfizer and BioNTech are ...

State Super scholarship opens

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2020
State Super's post-graduate scholarship program is open for students in New South Wales interested in studying superannuation. The Academic Scholarship program offers four $16,000 scholarships available for masters and honours students. There is also ...

Hastings founder launches new fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2020
Hastings Funds Management's founder Mike Fitzpatrick is launching a new wholesale fund that will invest in unlisted infrastructure. The TRUE Infrastructure Fund will use a fund-of-fund structure to invest in funds from two managers, ATLAS Infrastructure ...

Culture creates better outcomes: Research

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2020
Investment leaders from around the world believe workplace culture is more integral to influencing good organisational outcomes than business strategy, a new study shows. The Thinking Ahead Institute's latest survey of 27 global decision makers from ...

Off-platform assets consume advisers' time

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2020
Off-platform assets are increasingly taking up more of financial advisers' time as many express frustration with the lack of solutions available that can house all of their clients' assets. According to joint research by Praemium and Investment Trends ...

Chief economist update: Biden cooks Donald's duck

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2020
"A whole new world A new fantastic point of view..." -Zayn Malik, Zhavia Ward Former vice-president Joe Biden is now POTUS-elect, breaking the record for the most votes (70 million plus votes and counting) received by a presidential candidate in US ...