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Industry fund cuts property portfolio emissions

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2018
A $46 billion industry fund is aiming to slash its property portfolio emissions to zero by 2030. Cbus chief investment officer Kristian Fok laid out a roadmap of what the fund wants to achieve at the recent Global Climate Action Summit held in San Francisco. ...

Former Westpac adviser ban upheld

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2018
ASIC's banning of a former Westpac financial adviser has been upheld by the Administrative Appeals Tribunal. Last July, the corporate regulator banned Jason Atkins from providing financial services for three years. Perth-based Atkins provided advice ...

Chief economist update: Steady as she goes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2018
Yesterday's European Central Bank's (ECB) Governing Council meeting would have been a big ho-hum were it not for some minor, albeit significant, tweaks in the bank's outlook. As expected, the ECB left interest rates unchanged - the benchmark ...

IOOF offloads corporate trust business

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2018
IOOF has sold its Australian Executor Trustees (AET) corporate trust business while retaining the AET private trust business, as it moves further in the direction of being an advice-led organisation. The buyer is financial services technology and infrastructure ...

Firetrail to launch $305m IPO

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2018
The boutique launched by former Macquarie stock pickers under Pinnacle's banner in May is set to kick off an initial public offer, raising up to $304.5 million for an absolute return LIC. Firetrail Investments lodged a prospectus with ASIC on Tuesday ...

State Street appoints APAC global markets lead

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2018
State Street named a new head of global markets for Asia-Pacific, relocating a long-time executive. Michelle Hardeman moves into the role effective immediately, relocating to Hong Kong from Boston where she served as head of foreign exchange sales for ...

Pension funds feel the heat on climate change

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2018
A study of the world's 100 largest public pension funds has found more than 60% have little or no climate change strategy. This includes a number of Australian superannuation funds. A new report from the Asset Owners Disclosure Project shows 63% ...

SMSF cash allocation dips

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2018
Self-managed superannuation funds are increasingly shifting away from cash to Australian equities, latest SuperConcepts figures show. Cash and short-term deposits dropped from 19.8% to 17.3% in the 12 months to June 2018, according to SuperConcepts' ...

Asset manager gives ESG data to BNY subsidiary

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 11 SEP 2018
A BNY Mellon company has partnered with a global asset manager to integrate ESG data into the investment platforms of its clients. Eagle Investment Systems - a subsidiary of global giant BNY Mellon - partnered with Arabesque to implement its Arabesque ...

Industry super fund commits to green bonds

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 11 SEP 2018
An $11 billion industry superannuation fund is a founding signatory to the Green Bond Pledge. Local Government Super (LGS), the industry fund for NSW local government employees joined the US state treasuries of California, New Mexico and Rhode Island ...