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Perpetual appoints new GM

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2018
... foresight in evolving the Management Services business over the past two years," Perpetual Corporate Trust group executive Chris Green said. "We are delighted to make an internal appointment of Vicki's calibre. Her leadership and dedication to providing ...

$50 billion super fund appoints new analyst

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2018
... million members has appointed a new senior analyst, after the incumbent moved to a boutique manager. Rest is welcoming Steven Green as a senior analyst, replacing the outgoing William Riggall. Green has about 12 years of experience in the financial services ...

Chief economist update: We're headed for surplus (if assumptions hold)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2018
No one can escape it, even if we try. The media - radio, TV, print, social - is full of it. Reports, assessments, and implications of Australia's Federal Budget 2018-19. There's the usual flood of "Budget winners and losers" and the "what's in it for ...

Six associations form new alliance

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
... can plan for their retirement with confidence." The Stockbrokers and Financial Advisers Association chief executive Andrew Green said Labor's proposal will cause a distortion of the market and give an unfair advantage to large taxpaying superannuation ...

CFS partners to create ESG fixed income fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2018
... The fund launch is part of CFS strategic alliance agreement with AIM which describes itself as the world's first dedicated green and impact bond management company. CFS general manager distribution Peter Chun said the fund allows conscious investors ...

Morningstar creates carbon risk investment tool

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2018
... Morningstar portfolio Carbon Metrics that includes carbon intensity, fossil fuel involvement, stranded assets risk, and green solutions by holding companies that have low levels of material carbon risk. Morningstar global head of research Haywood Kelly ...

XTB launches ESG fixed income portfolio

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2018
... returns than term deposits, with the added convenience of daily liquidity through ASX trading." The portfolio is a 'light green' ESG portfolio that has the broadest selection criteria, as opposed to "dark green" ESG selection criteria that is stricter. ...

Chief economist update: Malcolm puts agricuture in the middle

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2018
... Australian products using such names as feta, parmesan and prosecco, or bearing the Italian flag colours of red, white and green on their packaging. The French are the most stubborn about access for agriculture." (AFR) This comes at a time when the Australian ...

Government targeted for delaying Royal Commission

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2018
The Turnbull Government's initial resistance to the Royal Commission was targeted by social media this week. Perhaps unsurprisingly, much of the criticism was leveled by Labor and Greens politicians - although the former Deputy Prime Minister also expressed ...

Dimensional launches global ESG bond fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2018
The $738 billion asset manager has launched a new global ESG fund that will invest in fixed interest bonds of companies that shun tobacco, alcohol and gambling, among a variety of ESG factors. Dimensional already runs an existing sustainability strategy ...