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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 ...

Rio Tinto decision exposes limits of super engagement

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2020
... engagements aren't for ethical reasons per se, but rather as a function to promote better long term financial performance of the companies as investments (ESG risk factors)," Steffanoni said. He said, in situations like this one, super funds might ...

Pendal adds SRI lense to multi-asset fund

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2020
... credentials. A landmark research report identified a positive correlation between sustainability and good financial performance in 80% of studies analysed," Blayney pointed out. "Our analysis found that negatively screened companies are in sectors more ...

Which is the most important letter in ESG?

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2020
... the E, the S, or the G?" Giese said. Governance was found to have the strongest positive correlation to financial performance of the ESG factors. However, time horizon can make the environmental and social components of a company's performance much more ...

Let's not waste the crisis

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2020
... as responsible for the way they treat their employees, society and the environment as they are for their financial performance," he told Financial Standard. "Those that ignore their social and governance responsibilities during these uncertain times ...

Macquarie advice shift offers mixed results

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020
... "Macquarie's full-year result has also been subject to the effects of this crisis and a strong underlying financial performance in FY20 was impacted by a material increase in credit and other impairment charges, primarily reflecting the deterioration ...

Stand still, get left behind

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2020
... positive ESG drivers and many of our investments in the Global Leaders Fund are using sustainability to enhance financial performance," Thompson said. "We look to quantify these opportunities through measuring their economic impact on each business. ...

Fee cuts hack at fund manager margins

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2020
... management for the managers in the research - implying that scale may no longer guarantee juicier profits. "The financial performance over the past several years suggests a secular change is occurring in the investment management industry: asset growth ...

Super women: Female-led funds on top

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2020
... innovative they seem to be. "It's no surprise then that organisations managed this way achieve better financial performance," he added. Women in Super chief executive Sandra Buckley said leadership teams and boards in superannuation should reflect ...