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No single solution for advice: CFA

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2019
... remuneration of advisers and senior executives to be aligned to customer interests, by banning "product pushing" and rewarding ethical practices and decision making. The institute also recommended outlawing grandfathered commissions within the next 12 ...

Advice and accounting align post-Royal Commission: CountPlus

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2019
... better-placed than ever before to thrive in a new world of professionalism underpinned by higher educational, professional and ethical standards and stricter regulation," Rowe said. He explained that the natural home for this new advice paradigm to flourish ...

Call for super funds to divest gambling interests

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2019
Australian Ethical has launched a new campaign to try to prompt Australians to consider whether they like the idea of their superannuation savings funding the gambling industry. Australian Ethical research found some of Australia's largest super ...

Industry super fund appoints new chair

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2019
... given the changes taking effect from the Hayne Royal Commission and other industry and government initiatives. "With its ethical and professional approach to serving members and employers, I am confident Australian Catholic Superannuation is well placed ...

ACSI calls for ESG, stronger stewardship

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2019
... enough in its coverage of ESG and actually confuses ESG, which ACSI defines as a tool for managing financial risk, with ethical investing. Davidson said: "Australia's regulatory framework lags behind other developed economies in recognising the importance ...

ESG enthusiasm booms post-Royal Commission

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2019
The Royal Commission may have pushed some businesses to prioritise environmental and ethical social governance (ESG), according to Perennial portfolio manager Damian Cottier. Perennial surveyed a series of listed companies, asking about their ESG priorities ...

Former Labor MP joins SMSFA

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2019
... association. "It [the SMSFA] has a genuine commitment to professionalism, understanding that cultivating the highest possible ethical and educational standards for its advisor members is the best way to serve the 1.1 million people who opt to take control ...

Research firm moves on ESG

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 16 APR 2019
... assessments and an extensive ESG database as well as specialised research and decision-making tools for sustainable and ethical investments. Moody's said the acquisition is recognition that ESG considerations are increasingly relevant to issuers, investors ...

NZ Super dumps guns

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2019
... and just a single against. The fund said the Guardians' Responsible Investment Framework required decisions about ethical exclusions to consider New Zealand law. NZ Super said the Guardians worked with MSCI ESG Research to identify companies captured ...

Super funds hungry for global stocks, alternatives

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2019
... isolated occurrence." The five fastest growing asset class categories over the year came mostly from alternatives: ESG and ethical investments (up 37%), private equity (up 24%), other alternatives (up 17%), hedge funds (up 19%) and direct property (up ...