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Aussies instos join fight against weapons

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2019
Australian institutional investors joined a worldwide effort lobbying index providers to remove controversial weapons from global indices. Colonial First State and Vision Super have become signatories to an open letter calling for the exclusion of weapons ...

FASEA confirms code of ethics standard

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2019
Following a period of consultation, the code of ethics set to govern the behaviour of financial planners and advisers from next year has been confirmed. On Monday, FASEA released the legislative instrument and explanatory statement of its code of ethics ...

Ideas give insight to opportunity: Vanguard

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2019
A recession might happen, eventually. But if it does growth might not be far off either, according to Vanguard. Speaking today at the Sydney leg of the fund manager's financial adviser roadshow, Vanguard global chief economist and global head of investment ...

ACSA creates managed fund taskforce

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2019
The Australian Custodial Services Association will facilitate an industry taskforce to help address what it deems "systemic" obstacles in servicing managed funds and encourage more standards and automation in the local market. ACSA said that in surveying ...

Aussies find $860m in lost super

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2019
More than $850 million of lost superannuation was found and consolidated towards the end of 2018. Releasing new data this week, the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) said more than 66,000 Australians found and consolidated some of their retirement savings ...

NAB wealth exit delayed

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2019
The bank's separation from MLC is likely to be delayed. NAB said it was likely the planned divestment of its wealth management arm MLC would be delayed as far as June 2020. The bank said that while more detail was yet to arrive about the proposed legislative ...

Brexit is history: Chief Economists Forum

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2019
Brexit is history and the world can go on without an EU-Britain trade agreement, an economic expert told this morning's Financial Standard Chief Economists Forum. AXA Investment Managers' head of Framlington Equities Asia, Mark Tinker, told ...

Ferrari restructures AMP wealth leadership

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2019
AMP chief executive Francesco De Ferrari has made sweeping changes to the wealth manager's leadership structure, with advice at the forefront. Current group executive of advice Alex Wade - who was appointed late last year to replace Jack Regan - ...

Wealth manager appoints former NSW Premier to chair foundation

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2019
A former NSW Premier will chair a foundation supported by an Islamic superannuation fund. Bob Carr has been appointed as chairman of Crescent Foundation, the charity supported by Islamic superannuation fund Crescent Wealth. The former New South Wales ...

Former Morgan Stanley chief to join Westpac board

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2019
Westpac appointed two new board directors, including the former chief executive of Morgan Stanley Australia. Steven Harker and Margaret Seale will join the board of Westpac in March as non-executive directors, and both are set to be appointed to the ...