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Financial services not immune to public inquiry

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUL 2017
While the financial services industry has taken commendable steps in restoring consumers' trust and confidence, it is still not immune to the threat of a public inquiry like the banking sector is currently facing. The industry and its individual organisations ...

Industry funds sign off on $45 billion merger

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUL 2017
... returns, we look forward to working together to give our members the best retirement outcomes as possible." Sunsuper chairman, Ben Swan added: "We believe we have an opportunity to set the standard for the industry in best practice for fund merger outcomes. ...

An institutional approach to retirement advice

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUL 2017
Retiree portfolios stand to benefit from the asset-liability management used by institutional investors, according to AMP Capital senior portfolio manager Darren Beesley. Speaking at the inaugural Financial Standard Best Practice Forum on Retirement ...

Flashes: activity expansion and moderating inflation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUL 2017
While there's a few ups and downs, Markit Economics' fresh batch of flash PMI estimates hasn't altered from the prevailing dynamics in the world's biggest economies of continued expansion in manufacturing and service sector activity and low or easing ...

Equity Trustees names philanthropy lead

KARREN VERGARA, JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUL 2017
A former National Australia Bank executive has joined Equity Trustees as its new general manager of charitable trusts and philanthropy. Jodi Kennedy joins the firm's trustee and wealth services division from NAB where she was head of community engagement ...

Responsible AUM strengthens

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUL 2017
Nearly half (44%) of Australia's assets under management are invested responsibly, but the lack of awareness and qualified advice around responsible products remain the industry's biggest detractors. The Responsible Investment Association Australasia's ...

Stone and Chalk partners for new Melbourne hub

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 24 JUL 2017
Fintech hub Stone and Chalk is extending its reach into Victoria with the help of an industry superannuation fund. AustralianSuper, the nation's largest super fund with over $120 billion under management, will partner with Stone & Chalk to open their ...

Global reinsurer adopts ESG framework

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 24 JUL 2017
All of the liquid holdings of the world's second-largest reinsurer will be switched to track ethical indices by 2018. Since the beginning of the year, Swiss Re has been consistently integrating environmental, social and governance criteria into its ...

Surge in adviser demand for managed accounts: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 24 JUL 2017
The number of advisers allocating clients' new money or inflows to managed accounts have almost trebled in the last four years, joint research from NAB and Investment Trends shows. This figure has jumped "very substantially" from 10% in 2013 to 26% ...

Not showing: inflation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 JUL 2017
RBA deputy governor Guy Debelle snuffed hawkish interpretations of the minutes of the 4 July RBA meeting - particularly, the minutes' reference to a 3.5% neutral cash rate - reversing the Australian dollar's upward run. "...the current (nominal) cash ...