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BlackRock wakes up to climate change

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2020
BlackRock will double its ESG ETF offerings, dump investments in thermal coal and increase sustainable assets under management tenfold this decade. All this, just six months after it was revealed that BlackRock lost more than $133 billion by investing ...

JPMorgan Chase reports record profits

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2020
... same, it's five years," Dimon said during a media call on Tuesday. "When and if we ever set an actual retirement date, we'll let you know." Dimon received a $US31 million pay packet for 2018 and according to Forbes, is currently worth US$1.7 billion. ...

Gardior adds board directors

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2020
Two executives from Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets have joined the board of Gardior after winning the mandate to manage The Infrastructure Fund in late 2018. Head of MIRA Australia Grant Smith and head of MIRA Asia-Pacific Frank Kwok joined ...

Industry fund ups fees ahead of merger

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2020
... increased its insurance fees ahead of merging later this year. MTAA Super wrote to members in a significant event notice to let them know that from 3 February 2020 insurance fees for death and total and permanent disablement will increase. MetLife is ...

FSC, super sector steps up for bushfire affected

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JAN 2020
Major players in the wealth management industry are taking steps to help those affected by the ongoing bushfires, with the crisis also sparking debate over whether early access to superannuation savings should be made available. This week the Financial ...

Chief economist update: Moving target

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JAN 2020
... Fed would target inflation over 2% to offset years when inflation had been below target. My interpretation is that it would let inflation run by as much as 2.5% or 3.5% or 4% to make up for below-target inflation in previous months/years. But just as ...

What you read in 2019: Financial advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2019
... advisers who have dedicated decades of their lives to a single licensee given just 30 days to pack up and go. Oh, and don't let the diminished multiple hit you on the way out. It's been a tough year to be a financial adviser. This has been reflected ...

ASIC takes action against TAL over RC case

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 17 DEC 2019
ASIC has commenced proceedings against TAL Life in the Federal Court over one of the cases referred to it by Royal Commissioner Kenneth Hayne. The corporate regulator has filed a civil case against TAL, alleging the insurance giant breached the ASIC ...

Practice profitability at risk: MLC Life

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2019
... pre-2018 policies are much lower than 20% and lie mainly in a range of 5% to 10%, so would fall short in covering a short review, let alone a full review that then goes on to policy alteration." The research also shows just 14% of advisers charge a fee ...

AMP to cut contribution fees

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2019
AMP has informed licensees and financial advisers it will phase out contribution fees in Q1 2020. In a letter from AMP managing director of superannuation, retirement and platforms Lara Bourguignon, AMP has said it will cease charging and paying contribution ...