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Super funds and CEFC join investment forces

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 5 JUN 2017
... energy product providers who have a shared interest in low emissions and renewable energy projects. Also this launched this week was a CEFC report pointing to the property sector as being more energy efficient and continually lowering emissions. Property ...

Last chance to have your say: Financial Standard weekly spot poll

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2017
... client fee structures in the next financial year according to the latest Financial Standard weekly readership survey. This week the publication asked "If you are a financial adviser, how will the fees you charge to clients change in the next financial ...

FPA to quell adviser fears around education

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAY 2017
... point of the Financial Planning Association of Australia's National Roadshow, hitting Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney this week. FPA chief executive Dante De Gori said the education standards continue to be a lively point of discussion with members, with ...

Women in Super names 2017 scholarship winners

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2017
... chair of the association Sandi Orleow said. The announcement was made at the Women in Super luncheon held in Sydney this week. The keynote speaker, NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian, congratulated the winners and acknowledged WIS and AGSM for facilitating ...

Investors torn over ESG capabilities

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2017
... from coal or gambling. There was no exposure to pornography or tobacco. Speaking to institutional investors in Sydney this week, Mellon Capital managing director and head of equity portfolio management Karen Wong explained that while energy companies ...

Treasury responds to ABA derision over bank levy

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2017
... legislation as promptly as possible for the major banks to comment on. NAB also released its submission to Treasury this week, staunchly opposing the levy. "NAB believes the levy is poor policy and, accordingly, does not support it. The levy is not just ...

LRBA loophole for SMSFs removed

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2017
... through the use of limited recourse borrowing arrangements under new Budget measures. Announced in the Federal Budget this week, from 1 July 2017, the outstanding balance of a limited recourse borrowing arrangement (LBRA) will now be included in a member's ...

Financial advisers should consider bitcoin as an asset class: Dunworth

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 8 MAY 2017
... bitcoins, a digital currency that has outperformed traditional currencies in recent years, according to an industry expert. This week the cryptocurrency broke record-highs when it started trading above USD$1680 against the US dollar. As at May this year ...

Mosaic tailors financial advice for women, grows FUA to $800m

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2017
... Planning" award in San Francisco and chief operating officer at Mosaic, presented to Australian-based financial advisers this week on what it takes to run a successful planning practice. With just 20 staff, the group manages $810 million (US$600m) across ...

AI will lead next industrial revolution: Sanlam

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAY 2017
... to better investment experiences over time." Itzkovits presented at the netwealth group study tour in San Francisco this week, a four-day program covering all aspects of fintech, financial advice and wealth management. Financial Standard is the media ...