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FSC encourages investment team diversity

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2020
... extensive research shows that diversity in teams and leadership improves decision making, innovation and financial performance." Loane said the gender diversity Guidance Note for fund and asset manager members is timely and practical as everyone looks ...

Leadership spills spell new era: RIAA

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2020
... among investors and the community that companies factor in people, society and the environment alongside financial performance and that this will help them better navigate turbulent times, avoid big risks and capture more opportunities.

Watermark LIC seeks restructure

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2020
... 23's Australian Financial Review, which called attention to ALF's discount to NTA and called its recent financial performance "woeful". ALF is urging shareholders to vote in favour of the restructure and gave 10 February 2021 as the indicative implementation ...

Retail fund satisfaction drops

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2020
... Roy Morgan's Superannuation Satisfaction Report. The report shows an overall super fund satisfaction with financial performance rating of 61.6% in July. The figure is down 1.3 percentage points on the previous month but unchanged from 61.7% in July 2019. ...

Corporates have a critical role in social, environmental outcomes

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2020
... absolute return of 6.4%. "These figures prove that investing for impact does not come at the expense of financial performance," Steed said. "In fact, we are increasingly seeing evidence that there is a strong alignment between outperformance and socially ...

Specialist advice businesses optimal: Barrett

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2020
... Barrett said most of those general practices are struggling in today's advice space. "When you look at their financial performance and you track it over the last three years, you can see a downward trend," he said. "That's because it is really hard to ...

Link suffers in COVID environment

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2020
... company continues to display resilience. "Link Group continues to display resilience, with a satisfactory financial performance despite difficult trading conditions globally and previously announced regulatory changes and client losses in RSS," McMurtie ...

Suncorp wealth business down

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2020
... and Johnston said he was pleased the business could deliver on its commitment to shareholders. "While our financial performance, particularly in the second half, has not been immune from the negative impacts of COVID-19, there were a number of highlights ...

Adviser salaries unchanged: Research

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2020
... moves away from revenue-only linked bonuses to a balanced scorecard method that looks at financial and non-financial performance metrics. Kaizen said the change in bonus structures could be attributed to the Royal Commission as firms are ensuring clients ...

US considers restricting ESG in pensions

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2020
... that pension fund fiduciaries are being marketed ESG funds by managers on the basis of goals unrelated to financial performance. "This proposed regulation is designed in part to make clear that ERISA plan fiduciaries may not invest in ESG vehicles when ...