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AMP defends charging dead clients

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2018
AMP has defended its practice of charging premiums to dead life insurance customers in a submission to the financial services Royal Commission. The wealth manager continued to deduct life insurance premiums from a deceased customer, even after AMP has ...

AMP Capital divests $440m from tobacco

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2018
... signatory to Principles of Responsible Investment (PRI) where it has an A and A+ rating in the annual reporting and assessment of signatories. At least three other managers have divested from tobacco holdings for their Australian strategies so far this ...

WDE board pushes for takeover

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2018
... price prior to the bid and above both the pre and post-tax NTA of WDE as at 31 August 2018." Based on an independent assessment by Grant Thornton, Schoenheimer said the consultant concluded the offer was "fair and reasonable." Shareholders have until ...

Three down one to go, then another three in 2019

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2018
And so it came to pass. As expected, the US Federal Reserve lifted the fed funds rate target range by 25 basis points to 2.0%-2.25% following its two-day FOMC meeting on the 25th and 26th of September. US equities rallied immediately after the Fed's ...

FASEA busts dishonest education providers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2018
... legalities have also been recommended. The FPA believes the financial adviser exam to be an open-book, multiple choice only assessment purely focused on the FASEA Code of Ethics and explicit legal obligations. The association has further recommended ...

Chief economist update: Steady as she goes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2018
... on general confidence of an extended trade war? That is certainly a second factor. The third factor which makes any assessment quite difficult is to assess; what are the implications on the international value chain of changes in tariffs of a broad and ...

Asset manager gives ESG data to BNY subsidiary

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 11 SEP 2018
... Compact, which it said was helpful for approximating reputational risks, while also providing an industry specific assessment of a companies' performance against financially material criteria. Eagle head of strategic alliances Joel Kornblum said the ...

UK adviser competency to be re-evaluated

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2018
... facing similar challenges to their Australian counterparts, with the Financial Conduct Authority introducing a new assessment aimed at raising standards and competence. The FCA has partnered with the Chartered Insurance Institute to develop a 'Regulated ...

Scott Morrison becomes Prime Minister, markets react

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2018
... by the country's very high level of economic strength and moderate level of government debt," Petch said. "Our assessment of Australia's institutional strength takes into account a greater degree of fragmentation in broad political representation ...

Global equities fund purges tobacco, fossil fuels

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2018
... andregulation (ESGR) integration, so our investment approach incorporates a blend of industry exclusions and a full assessment of the ESGR risks relevant to the companies we invest in," he said in a statement. Today's announcement follows from last ...