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QSuper commits to ESG, creates new role

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 23 JAN 2017
... at Sarasin & Partners. She also completed consultancy work with Willis Towers Watson and a research fellowship with the United Nations, contributing to a UN Environment Program report on fiduciary responsibility. A spokesperson for QSuper told Financial ...

Still unsure about POTUS 45

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 JAN 2017
... was Donald Trump @realDonaldTrump. Still, he prevailed and from 20 January 2017, Donald Trump - the 45th president of the United States - became known in twitterland as President Trump or @POTUS. Not only that, his fingers are now on the "nuclear codes" ...

Will the real Trump please stand up

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2017
... president behind the publicity hound. Their savings depend on it. On the eve of his inauguration as the 45th President of the United States, many investors have been limited to either a wait-and-see attitude or 'buy and sell' on a tweet. It's tough when ...

Legg Mason subsidiary becomes PRI signatory

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2017
A wholly-owned Legg Mason subsidiary became a signatory of the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI). Brandywine Global Investment Management's commitment to the PRI was described by David Hoffman, Brandywine's global fixed income ...

Xero chair resigns to advise Trump

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2017
Xero chairman Chris Liddell will resign from the firm's board to take up a position as an aide to United States President-elect Donald Trump. The financial services software provider told the ASX that Liddell notified the company of his need to step ...

No deal is better than bad deal on Brexit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JAN 2017
... adopt a model already enjoyed by other countries. We do not seek to hold on to bits of membership as we leave." "No, the United Kingdom is leaving the European Union." UK Prime Minister Theresa May's speech before EU ambassadors in London last night ...

Every American's turning optimist

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 JAN 2017
The IBD/TIPP Economic Optimism Index continues to run of rising optimism in the United States following Trump's triumph at the November 2016 US presidential polls. The index - designed by the Investor's Business Daily (IBD) and TechnoMetrica Institute ...

Top 10 investment stories in 2016

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 22 DEC 2016
... portfolio but without currency hedging. 2. Aussie fund manager London bound An Australian fund manager is expanding to the United Kingdom, opening an office in London. Bennelong Funds Management announced in November it intends to appoint a range of ...

Fintech grows through adviser platform

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 DEC 2016
... in 2016. Macrovue is also one of a few Australian companies to have registered with the Internal Revenue Service in the United States, meaning investors are saved the bother of completing paper forms when buying US company stocks. Sahgal said the firm ...

Landmark ESG recommendations for Australia

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 20 DEC 2016
For the first time in its 10-year history, the United Nations-supported Principles for Responsible Investment is publishing several ESG recommendations specifically targeted at Australian fiduciaries. The document, Fiduciary Duty in the 21st Century ...