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Australian ethical investing continues rise

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2016
Interest in ethical investment is shaping to continue its rise during 2016 following the latest inflow figures from ASX-listed wealth manager Australian Ethical. Australian Ethical increased its funds under management (FUM) by 13% to more than $1.4 ...

Future Fund awarded sovereign investor of 2015

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2016
Australia's $118 billion sovereign wealth fund has been recognised for its restrained decision not to increase risk to chase returns in 2015, collecting sovereign investor of the year at the 2016 Central Banking Awards. Managing director of the Future ...

Public sector retirees angry over income exemption cuts

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2016
Tens of thousands of public sector pensioners are learning the scale of changes to their defined benefit schemes that sees cuts to exemptions for the Centrelink pension income test. In June last year the federal parliament introduced a 10% cap on defined ...

Australian expats pension protected

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 12 JAN 2016
A new agreement between Australia and India that protects expatriates' pension rights is expected to save about $10 million annually for Australian businesses operating in the south Asian country. The social security agreement came in to force this ...

Challenger partners Financial Standard for 2016 Technical Services Forum

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 11 JAN 2016
Financial Standard has partnered with investment specialist, Challenger, to launch the Challenger Financial Standard Technical Services Forum. The event is Australia's preeminent technical services forum and contributes to the development of the industry ...

NAS searching for new EGM

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 8 JAN 2016
Australian Custodial Services Association (ACSA) chair and National Australia Bank (NAB) general manager David Knights has been appointed as the acting head of NAB's Asset Servicing business. The appointment follows the resignation of NAS executive ...

GBST appoints new MD as chair retires

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2015
Industry software provider GBST has appointed a new managing director and chief executive. Following Stephen Lake's departure from the position in September, Robert De Dominicis will take up the lead role, having headed the company's wealth management ...

Equip drops super fees

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2015
Industry superannuation fund Equipsuper has presented members with an early Christmas present, announcing it will cut fees and costs for accumulation and pension members from February 2016. Fee and cost cuts at the $7 billion fund have come from investment ...

Aussies don't want gift of super this Christmas

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2015
Over the Christmas break about 30% of Australians would rather pay off debt than top up their superannuation balances according to the latest MLC Wealth Sentiment Survey. Interviewing more than 2000 people in its quarterly survey, MLC found investor's ...

Bell AM appoints strategy and distribution head

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2015
Australian global equities manager Bell Asset Management (BAM) has appointed a new strategy and distribution managing director from NAB Asset Management. Rob Sullivan was most recently global head of distribution at NAB Asset Management, where he and ...