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Financial services employees face ongoing stress at work

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2018
Latest research from SuperFriend shows about half of financial services employees face ongoing stress at work. According to the mental health organisation's annual Indicators of a Thriving Workplace survey, 47% of financial services employees are ...

Infrastructure manager turns up the heat

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2018
A $4.7 billion global infrastructure manager, and an investment consultant to several superannuation funds, has purchased a stake in a Norwegian heating network. Whitehelm Capital acquired a 49% stake in Kvitebjorn Varme AS, the owner and operator of ...

Pengana adds social measures to impact reporting

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2018
The $3 billion fund manager has incorporated social measures into its WHEB Asset Management Impact Report for the first time. Pengana launched its 2017 WHEB Asset Management Impact report, incorporating four social measures in addition to the five environmental ...

ESG considerations material to long-term success

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2018
Latest research from Regnan dispels investor myths about the usefulness of ESG investing. According to Regnan, investors need not worry about the cost of considering material ESG risks in portfolios. The research house claims the long-term performance ...

Balanced portfolios better than chasing winners: Research

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2018
A global investment manager believes asset classes move positions too quickly for investors wishing to jump on the coattails of a short-term winner. Latest research from Russell Investments finds Australian investors with long-term investment goals ...

Mercantile takeover of private equity fund moves ahead

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2018
Mercantile OFM is moving towards the acquisition of all shares in a private equity-focused listed investment company (LIC). In an announcement to the ASX, IPE directors unanimously recommended shareholders accept the offer in the absence of a superior ...

Simple Fund 360 picks up AdviserLogic

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2018
AdviserLogic clients are now available to use Simple Fund 360, after the software provider integrated with the BGL platform. The SMSF software provider added in a release that AdviserLogic used the free BGL application programming interface (API) to ...

Digital transformation challenges super funds

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2018
AustralianSuper has been ranked the top superannuation fund for member engagement services in 2017, at a time when funds across the industry grapple with digital transformation, Investment Trends research shows. Sunsuper, HESTA, QSuper and Hostplus ...

AI and avatars set to alter wealth management

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2018
The latest innovation in banking and wealth management involves a New Zealand artificial intelligence firm, one of UBS' regional chief investment officers and IBM. UBS has partnered with New Zealand AI company FaceMe to produce a digital version ...

Praemium inks deal with WA-based wealth manager

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2018
A West Australian wealth manager with about $1.2 billion in funds under management is Praemium's newest client. Broking and wealth management firm Hartleys will manage its client portfolios using Praemium's reporting and administration platform ...