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FTSE Russell launches "green revenue" model

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUN 2016
Index provider FTSE Russell has launched a low carbon energy (LCE) data model which tracks the "green revenues" of companies comprising 98.5% of total global market cap. The goal of the new model is to give each listed entity a low carbon industrial ...

Retirees face deflationary conundrum

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2016
Retirees' cost of living reduced in the first three months of 2016 but it doesn't mean they are necessarily any closer to achieving adequate retirements. The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia has released its Retirement Standard quarterly ...

MFSIM execs use $143.5m in client money to repay debts

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2016
Five former executives of MFS Investment Management (MFSIM), now known as ACN, have been found liable for breaching their directors' and officers' duties by the Supreme Court of Queensland. The MFS Group, subsequantly known as Octaviar, collapsed in ...

Public sector retirees still seek answers

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2016
A group representing public sector retirees is waiting on the federal government to release figures about Australians affected by the new 10% cap on defined benefit income that is excluded from the pension income test. The Australian Council of Public ...

Financial services lend spotlight on nation's leading philanthropists

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2016
A former super fund chief executive, a technology venture capitalist, a private wealth management expert and a financial services company CEO joined forces to uncover some of the country's outstanding philanthropic initiatives. Former State Super chief ...

Investors must look past market noise: AXA IM

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2016
Investors must rethink their investment approach and look to the long term if they wish to achieve their target returns, according AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM). Speaking at a media briefing in Sydney, AXA IM identified a number of evolutionary trends ...

Agriculture ripe for institutional picking

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2016
In June next year the gross value of Australia's annual farm production is expected to pass $60 billion for the first time, a reflection of improved prospects in livestock and cropping industries. But a lack of consultant coverage means the opportunity ...

Centuria appoints new CFO

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2016
Centuria Capital has appointed a new chief financial officer. Simon Holt joins Centuria from resources and energy consulting company WorleyParsons, where he held the same position. Prior to that, he was group financial controller at Westfield. At Centuria ...

Beulah Capital partners with $1tn global asset manager

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2016
Australian boutique Beulah Capital has launched a global managed account strategy in partnership with a major international investment manager. Developed jointly with Franklin Templeton Investments, Beulah's International Equities Portfolio will give ...

Super funds promote affordable housing ideas

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2016
Industry superannuation funds have put forward several financing models directed at addressing Australia's supply of affordable housing. In response to Treasury establishing an Affordable Housing Working Group, both industry super funds and banks have ...