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Millennials champion impact investing

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2015
Ethics, values and social impact are set to become the new benchmarks in asset management as young investors look beyond returns. A recent Standard Life Investments YouGov poll on values-based investing showed that people between 18 and 24 years old ...

Financial System Inquiry response cut-out-and-keep guide

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2015
... the adoption of the best technology or the most innovative business models. We will embed the technology neutrality principle into future legislation and regulation making. "It is important that consumers should not be worse off due to any transition ...

Governance Institute pulls support for super bill

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2015
The Governance Institute has pulled its initial support for the government's bill on superannuation fund boards and is now calling for it to be scrapped. "The process has become overly politicised to the detriment of genuine governance outcomes," a ...

FPA helps advisers with life insurance

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2015
The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) has launched a guide helping its members identify and address common omissions and errors in providing life insurance advice. The FPA's comprehensive Life Insurance Advice guide had input from members ...

SQM gives high marks to William Blair fund

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2015
SQM Research has given a William Blair fund a "superior" rating. The William Blair Dynamic Diversified Allocation Fund has been awarded 4.25 stars from SQM because of its "effective blend of quantitative methods," which SQM's statement said were "grounded ...

California pension giants must divest from coal

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2015
US pension fund giant CalPERS and CalSTRS must divest their positions in coal companies after a new bill was signed into law in California last week. California governor Edmund Brown announced the signing of the bill on his website. The move is in line ...

Japan pension fund backs responsible investment

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2015
The world's largest pension fund has become a signatory to the United Nations-backed Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) after a recent UN assembly meeting. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced that Japan's Government Pension Investment ...

ING DIRECT super manager promoted

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2015
... service to their customers.A Just as it is simpler for the consumer to have all their needs met in one place, this same principle also applies to brokers and advisers.A With Tim's appointment we are effectively mirroring what is happening in the industry ...

HESTA chair seeks PRI board position

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2015

Chief executive departs mine industry super fund

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2015
... Watson was unanimously elected as the inaugural chair of AUSCOAL Super after playing a key role in bringing the two principle coal industry super funds together as a merged entity. He currently serves as a director of The Fund Executive Association and ...