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AustralianSuper backs CFA Code

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2015
... minimum standards within the super fund's investment agreements. As the discussion continues about lifting the professional, ethical and education standards in the financial services industry, and the possibility of overarching documents to set these ...

Super delivers 12.2% for year end April

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2015
... the AUD are likely to account for half the returns on international assets. Direct property meanwhile delivered 11%, Australian shares 10%, Australian and international bonds 9% each. But highlighting concerns over proposed changes to government policy ...

MAX Awards to showcase innovation in financial services sales and marketing

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2015
... Accounts Mercer - Reward Your Future Self Nikko AM - New Asia Fund Sponsorship of the Year ANZ - AustralianOpen Australian Ethical Super - Festival of Dangerous Ideas Platinum/FPA - Financial Planning Scholarship RARE Infrastructure - WaterAid infrastructure ...

Fight profit shifting, ACTU tells industry funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2015
... told yesterday. Emma Maiden, deputy assistant secretary of Unions NSW, told an estimated 800 union delegates at the Australian Council of Trade Unions annual conference in Melbourne that super funds should weigh into the issue of multi-national profit ...

NAS renews custody contract with CareSuper

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2015
... custodians over the last months, NAS has also retained asset owners such as Cooper Investors, AMIST Super and Australian Ethical.

NAS adds Vision Super to lending program

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2015
... fourth appointment this year for NAS, already announcing it retained custody for Cooper Investors, AMIST and Australian Ethical. This is all on top of the confirmation last year that NAS was looking to partner with global custodians. Industry super fund ...

ISA and AIST want changes to professionalism model

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2015
Both Industry Super Australia (ISA) and the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) have recommended modifications to a proposed model on lifting educational, professional and ethical standards in the financial services industry. In their ...

Banking and super groups back parliamentary recommendations

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2015
... financial services industry. Public responses to a Parliamentary Joint Committee on the issue were due recently and Australian Bankers' Association chief executive, Steve Munchenberg, said the industry is committed to higher standards and stronger consumer ...

Adviser reputation hits all-time low

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2015
... to the latest Roy Morgan Image of Professions Survey 2015. When asked to rate financial advisers for their honesty and ethical standards, respondents gave advisers a 24% rating, down 4% from last year and they were number 17 in the list of Australia's ...

Australian Unity fund added to Emerald Wrap

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2015
Australian Unity's Altius Sustainable Bond Fund has been added to the Instreet-owned "responsible investment" product, The Emerald Wrap. Targeted at the ethical investor market, the Emerald Wrap has been building its product suite since Instreet acquired ...