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Gender pay gap should be government priority

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2019
... investor networks. The ASX Corporate Governance Council recently revised its principles and urged ASX300 companies to have a minimum 30% gender diversity target. The Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) also extended its gender diversity ...

Why this HNW adviser avoids hedge funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2019
A prominent high-net-worth financial adviser is aiming to have 7-10% of his clients' portfolios in alternatives as the markets mature but he's eschewing hedge funds and picking private assets instead. Charlie Viola is a partner at Pitcher Partners where ...

ASIC releases AFSL approval data

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2019
... Warren Day said: "ASIC's licensing function provides the first gateway to ensuring applicants seeking an AFSL...meet minimum standards to offer regulated services." "We help protect consumers by ensuring an appropriate level of scrutiny is applied ...

New ASX governance principles target culture

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2019
... recommendations urge listed entities to: Disclose a diversity policy that reviews the progress of achieving objectives; Have a minimum 30% gender diversity target for ASX300 companies; Periodically evaluate the performance of the board, committees and ...

Global manager launches ESG strategy

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2019
... placement basis (it is not directly registered in Australia) for investments to its Luxembourg-domiciled UCITS vehicle. Minimum subscription amount is A$500,000 and the investor must classify as wholesale.

Infrastructure fund plans SMSF raise

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2019
... alternatives Nicole Connolly's Infrastructure Partners Investment Fund clubs together money from smaller investors (minimum investment size of $50,000) to meet the minimums of large infrastructure funds, which range between $5 million and $25 million. ...

Labor responds to Royal Commission final report

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2019
... consultation with the financial advice industry and stakeholders on the introduction of a new disciplinary system with the minimum features being those described by Hayne in the report. Labor has already drafted bills in relation to five key recommendations ...

Netflix-style shopping for funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2019
... about 2% of a $7.1 billion market across seven jurisdictions in the next eight years. The company recently launched a minimum viable product, and has a couple of fund clients. The way it works is: investors are sent an encrypted link to sign up so the ...

Royal Commission sobering and overdue: Labor

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 5 FEB 2019
... parties - the financial sector, the victims groups, and consumer groups," Bowen said. "We regard this report as being the minimum of action that should be taken through the banking and financial services sector." He believes if the current government ...

Robo-adviser launches high interest savings solution

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2019
... currently offering 2.02%. The savings account offers no lock-in periods, free withdrawals and unlimited transactions. The minimum balance required is set at $2000 and there is no upper limit. The account would also be integrated with Stockspot investment ...