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BlackRock wakes up to climate change

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2020
BlackRock will double its ESG ETF offerings, dump investments in thermal coal and increase sustainable assets under management tenfold this decade. All this, just six months after it was revealed that BlackRock lost more than $133 billion by investing ...

Bank of Mum and Dad forking out serious dosh

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2020
More young Aussies are turning to their parents, the appropriately dubbed 'Bank of Mum and Dad', to help secure equity for a first home deposit, and financial advisers are split on the growing trend. For some, the lucky few, the money for the ...

Consultation opens for retirement income review

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2019
The financial services industry and wider community has just over two months to make submissions to the government's retirement income review. The retirement income review's consultation period officially opened late on Friday afternoon, providing industry ...

Defined benefits robbed women: Kelty

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2019
... It's not perfect, I'm not saying it is," Kelty said. "For God's sake leave it alone, so that the younger generation can get some confidence in the system." Kelty made it clear that he does not support continuous changes to and reviews of ...

FS Power50 highlights most influential advisers in 2019

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2019
... offering internships. "The list is full of advisers whose ethics and convictions stand firm above all else. The younger generation wants their values considered in their investments and financial decisions. Advisers who cater to that and consider a client's ...

Leaving a legacy

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2019
... available land on which to build houses it needs. It is building way less houses than it needs to. The gap the younger generation to get the foot on the property ladder is widening and that is not a good thing. Most of our courses - and we have sold ...

More Australians retire with big mortgages

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2019
New research analysing Australian Bureau of Statistics microdata shows that more Australians are retiring owing money on their mortgage. The portion of homeowners between ages 55 and 64 that owe money on mortgages has tripled since 1990 - from 14% to ...

Digital engagement boosts investing demand

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2019
... Meanwhile, online brokers such as SelfWealth and Stake are gaining traction with online investors, especially the younger generation, research director Recep Peker said. "These new challengers make effective use of online media channels to raise their ...

Diversity is the answer to war for talent

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2018
... the Chief Equality Officer. "This is becoming a global focus. It's quite heartening to see that with the younger generation, equality is an imperative, it's not an optional accessory," she said. Turner said that one way to nip the problem in ...

Chatbots will move from consumer finance to corporate: BAML

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2018
... technologies to banks. "We are seeing that a lot in people's lives, with Alexa and Siri. It's another thing about the younger generation [of bank customers], they just want to ask and an answer comes back," she said. "So I think we will see more and ...