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Infradebt attracts super fund investment

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 4 SEP 2017
... which manages more than $340 million on behalf of 11,000 members, announced its $50 million commitment to the Infradebt Ethical Fund (IEF), an open-ended fund which provides investors with direct access to the private infrastructure debt market. The ...

Adviser education renews ethics focus

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 4 SEP 2017
... FASEA merely reflect the politically possible in this mandated code of ethics, or will it seek to lift the industry's ethical standards to where they need to be - time will tell," Brown says. For advisers to be truly professional and independent, he ...

Australian Ethical sees 34pct member surge

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 31 AUG 2017
Australian Ethical enjoyed a 34% boost in superannuation members in the 2017 financial year, pushing group funds under management to $2.15 billion. Reporting a 3% decrease in net profit to $2.9 million, the super fund and investment manager said headline ...

Fitzpatricks secures capital backing for growth

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 AUG 2017
... realising a long-held ambition of the company's founders to reach more people who might benefit from our unique offer of ethical, goals-based, client-centric financial advice." McMurdo said the announcement is exciting for Fitzpatricks advisers, clients ...

Fund manager chief steps down, appoints investment director

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 25 AUG 2017
... organisations will be an asset to investors many of whom are from the not-for-profit sector, Walsh said. The Melbourne-based ethical funds manager recently reported a 6% growth in FUM to $1.1 billion; it made a one-off grant to the church of $500,000 ...

Financial services leaders push for marriage equality

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2017
... argues that the "rights and liberties of all individuals are sacrosanct." Vanguard, UBS, J.P. Morgan, AMP, Australian Ethical, BNY Mellon and HSBC have also joined in support among numerous other financial services firms. "An equitable society, free ...

Infocus subsidiary adds to multi-manager suite

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 AUG 2017
... fund. Alpha Fund Managers, which also recently partnered with Investors Mutual and Folkestone, invested in Australian Ethical's Australian Shares Fund. Alpha portfolio manager Julien Brodie explained: "We are attracted to the Fund's strong track record ...

Australian Ethical boosts adviser arm

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 21 AUG 2017
Australian Ethical is growing its adviser channel with the appointment of two senior roles. Quyen Dam and Joanne Robb will be part of the client relationships team led by Leah Waldie who was appointed as head of client relationships in March. Dam is ...

Australian Unity appoints national role

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 18 AUG 2017
The former head of business development and client relations at Australian Ethical has been appointed to a new role of national manager, retail distribution at Australian Unity. Adam Kirk joins after five-and-a-half years in his previous role, and will ...

New ethical advice certification will drive consumer trust

JAMIE WILLIAMSON AND DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 18 AUG 2017
A new certification for the provision of value-based, ethical financial advice is now available to individual advisers delivering advice free from conflict or incentive. Launched by Certainty Advice Group, the certification is applicable to advisers ...