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Fidante loses $3.9bn of super fund assets

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 AUG 2019
... profit-for-member fund. Managing director and chief executive Richard Howes said Fidante's remaining super fund clients have little known exposure to pursuing internalisation strategies. Another super fund client, with a global equities portfolio ...

Why do we need royal commissions, Hayne asks

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 8 AUG 2019
... debated about policy matters. He said policy ideas seem often to be framed only for partisan or sectional advantage with little articulation of how or why their implementation would contribute to the greater good. "Reasoned debates about issues of policy ...

Fossil fuel holdings cost BlackRock investors $90bn

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2019
... noted only 0.8% of BlackRock's total portfolio is invested in ESG-oriented funds. While BlackRock maintains it has little control over its US$4.3 trillion passively managed portfolio, IEEFA pointed out that its peers like Amundi and Norges Bank have ...

Chief economist update: RBA heading to zero

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2019
... economy, it remains unsure about "the outlook for consumption". More so, given "wages growth remains subdued and there is little upward pressure at present', exerting little upward pressure on inflation. Putting all these uncertainties together (and ...

Workplace deaths missing from ESG reports: ACSI

KRISTI CHENG  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2019
... More than half of the ASX200 disclose a safety metric, most commonly the lost-time injury frequency rate, but there is little detail of the severity of injuries unless they are fatal, the report said. There is a positive outlook for ESG reporting trends ...

Financial advice firm grows

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2019
... chief executive Greg Cook said. Cook said EWM's strong balance sheet allows the business to make acquisitions with little risk. "And practice principals like Warren know our acquisition process will be very professional, their clients will be in ...

Beyond the China A shares hype

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2019
... Alexander Treves, says China continues to open up investment opportunities irrespective of the indices' constituents. A little known fact is that China has a substantial, domestic listed condiments market that's flourishing in isolation from ...

Chief economist update: Hard target

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2019
... business conditions and confidence like it is, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA)'s full employment target just got a little harder to meet. Recall that in his speech at the RBA board dinner with the business community on June 4 - the night after ...

Boutique advice firms merge

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2019
... partner Mark Minchin, who said of the merger: "Having observed Cathryn build Twelve Wealth and blaze a new path, we have little doubt that our values and beliefs are perfectly aligned." Speaking to Financial Standard, Twelve Wealth founder Cathryn Gross ...

Future Super to offer investment app

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2019
... Super is planning to open the doors to Array, an app allowing everyday Australians to invest in renewable energy for as little as $5. According to the Array site, the first two products likely to be made available by the app will be Future Super's ...