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Three Aus funds awarded AAA climate rating

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2016
Three Australian superannuation funds have received AAA ratings for their climate change risk management from the Asset Owners Disclosure Project's (AODP) 2016 benchmark index, The Global Climate 500 Index. Local Government Super and Australian Super ...

Instos turn to smart beta in low-return world: SSGA

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2016
Institutional investors worldwide are turning to objective and factor-based investment approaches, such as smart beta, to meet their investment goals given the global low interest rate environment. This is one of the findings of State Street Global ...

Associations support adviser standards amendments

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2016
The latest legislative amendments to raise the education, training and ethical standards of financial advisers have been welcomed by the industry's peak representative groups. Both the Association of Financial Advisers and the Financial Planning Association ...

APRA counts life insurance losses

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2016
APRA has released its submission to the Senate Economics Committee on the inquiry into the scrutiny of financial advice - life insurance, claiming that the profitability of the sector is under strain. The submission argued that weak profitability has ...

Findex partners to advance medical research

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2016
Crucial links between financial services and priority medical research will come to the fore through a partnership announced by Findex and the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences. The partnership will discuss potential recommendations ...

Narev defends CommInsure record, wrote to five customers

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2016
CBA chief executive Ian Narev has defended his company's life insurance arm in a letter to Senator Chris Ketter, noting he wrote to five affected customers recently. Referencing CBA's submission to the Senate Economics References Committee's Scrutiny ...

EQT managing director departs

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2016
Equity Trustees' managing director has announced his resignation. Robin Burns joined EQT in 2010, having previously been chief executive of Equipsuper. Prior to that, he was general manager - corporate affairs at AXA Asia Pacific, chief executive - ...

Robo-advice to impact not replace: CFA

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2016
Robo-advice is set to have the greatest impact on the financial services industry over the next five years, according to new member research by CFA Institute. The Fintech Survey found that 70% of respondents believe that mass affluent investors will ...

Fintechs to drive Australia's economy

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2016
Fintechs feature predominantly in a new list recognising superior leadership in technology and services innovation throughout Australia and New Zealand, but wealth management's representation is sparse. Yesterday H2 Ventures and Investec launched the ...

Fiducian targeting SMAs

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2016
Financial services platform provider Fiducian has flagged it will be targeting self-managed accounts in the next financial year, capitalising on the rise in SMAs being set up by independent financial advisers. Fiducian chief information officer Alan ...