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PIS award financial adviser of the year

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2013
The Professional Investment Services (PIS) announced the nine winners of its annual awards, which include Financial Adviser of the Year, Risk Adviser of the Year and Practice of the Year. Troy Theobald, from Robina Financial Solutions, was awarded Financial ...

Bribery and corruption concerns for super

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2013
... thematics and ESG analyst said. Last month, Citi was awarded Best ESG Broking Firm of 2012 at the ESG Research Australia awards, where Ann Byrne, chief executive of the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) reminded superannuation funds ...

ESG risks can wipe $21.4bn off sharemarket: study

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2013
... utilities in the future," she said. The paper received the Best Piece of ESG Research award at the ESG Research Australia awards, held yesterday in Sydney.

ESG RA awards Citi, Credit Suisse research

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2013
... the fourth year in a row, while Credit Suisse received the Best Piece of ESG Research award at the ESG Research Australia awards, held yesterday in Sydney. Citi showed once again its commitment to ESG issues not only through formal research pieces, but ...

FSC announces winners of insurance awards

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2013
The Financial Services Council (FSC) announced the winners of its Life Insurance Industry Excellence Awards held last week. ANZWealth's Maria Crocker won the Young Achievers Award for her dedication, knowledge of the law, life insurance, superannuation ...

CalPERS awards $500m multi-asset mandate

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2013
One of the best-known pension funds in the US has awarded a significant mandate to Standard Life Investments' top-performing multi-asset fund. The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) is investing US$500 million with the Edinburgh-based ...

Latest Financial Standard issue available on the iPad app

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2013
... ESG investment advocates interviewed for the report. The edition also features the award winners of the AFA/Plan for Life Awards and the new products to come out of insurance. The featured profile is Linda Elkins, executive general manager at Colonial ...

NGS launches 2013 scholarship program

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2013
... professional development scholarship. The NGS scholarship program, following in the footsteps of HESTA's nursing industry awards and the HostPlus 'cook for your career' appenticeship program, is illustrative of super fund marketing programs that are ...

Product dashboards critical to MySuper

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2013
... consequences." Portfolio holdings disclosure, SuperStream, SuperSeeker, account consolidation and the selection of default funds in awards are some of the most pressing issues that need to be addressed in order to better define MySuper.

Only 13 MySuper products so far authorised

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2013
... albeit it has suggested it will relax the rules around nomination of funds being appointed as default funds in industrial awards. Retail funds being slow to engage on MySuper may also reflect their more intense focus on launching 'FOFA ready' low cost ...