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Australian asset owners support first stewardship code

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2018
... fund continues to grow and its holdings increase, "it is vital that the fund maintains a high level of clarity and transparency when it comes to stewardship activities." HESTA chief executive Debby Blakey, who oversees more than $44 billion, said the ...

Pension fund CIO departs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2018
... leadership, the investment office has greatly reduced the cost and complexity of the investment portfolio and increased transparency around fees." "Because every dollar we save goes back into the fund, our members will directly benefit from those cost ...

Zenith hires former asset management chief

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAY 2018
... groups, Smythe said. "Advice groups are seeking time-saving solutions that can also offer their clients performance, transparency and robust compliance. Our managed accounts tick these boxes, and are a natural extension and fit with a research business ...

Heffron partnership to offer robo-SMSFs

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018
... reduce barriers to investment and reduce costs," Garrett said. He added the solution would provide investors with transparency, an aspect of increasing importance in the current climate. "Both companies are unaligned with any financial institutions and ...

OneVue and managed account provider add scale to advice firm

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2018
... into six portfolios without losing the features clients liked about the original investment proposition such as the transparency afforded. "That transparency still gives my clients that feeling of control however my time has been freed to concentrate ...

Robo-adviser partners with private wealth firm

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2018
... the cost of providing advice in a traditional manner. "We've developed the technology to take the flexibility and transparency of an MDA service beyond self-managed superannuation funds and high net-worth individuals and make it available to a much wider ...

Westpac obscured bad adviser reference check

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2018
... the weeks following - but Westpac obfuscated any of its findings. By today's standards, the lack of disclosure and transparency shared with Dover was not adequate, Wright said. He added based on legal advice at the time, it would have been inappropriate ...

US regulator to extend fiduciary rule

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2018
... different industry professionals are held. The Securities and Exchange Commission is proposing to enhance the quality and transparency of investors' relationships with investment advisers and brokers while preserving access to a variety of types of advice ...

RC questions adviser sales tactics

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2018
... said. Banning conflicted remuneration as of July 2013 was the start of it, together with increased fee disclosure transparency and the ability to opt-in regularly, Wright added. She then asked if financial advisers can be trusted advisers and sales people ...

Blue Sky funds downgraded after profit revisions

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2018
... fee-earning assets under management; separately report one-off management fees and ongoing annual fees; and provide greater transparency on investment performance by analysing every one of Blue Sky's exits over the past five years. The company will also ...