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Invest Blue trials nine-day fortnight for advisers

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 13 MAR 2023
... the financial advice firm is the latest to try a less traditional working week. The announcement follows a new Senate committee report backing the move to a four-day working week and a national trial involving 20 organisations across a range of industries ...

First Super awards ESG mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAR 2023
First Super has appointed IFM Investors to manage a new indexed international equities strategy with a focus on governance and labour rights. The new strategy is designed to provide exposure to a diversified portfolio of global (ex-Australia) publicly ...

Senate inquiry to scrutinise proposed franking credit rules

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAR 2023
A Senate Economics Committee inquiry will scrutinise the government's proposed changes to franking credits, which target share buybacks and capital raisings. In February, assistant treasurer and minister for financial services Stephen Jones introduced ...

US interest rates may go higher than expected: Powell

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAR 2023
... anticipated following stronger economic data, said Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell before the House Financial Services Committee. Providing testimony yesterday, Powell explained the Fed will continue to make decisions "meeting by meeting", taking ...

Stafford Capital adds superannuation lead

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAR 2023
... has appointed Stephen Milburn-Pyle, former head of the Australia Post Superannuation Scheme to its credit investment committee. Milburn-Pyle joined Australia Post in 2005 to manage the investment strategy and was promoted to general manager of superannuation ...

Advice firm launches Sharia-compliant platform

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAR 2023
... account can be opened in as little as five minutes. The portfolio is managed by Lifespan Financial Planning's investment committee, while the solution is underpinned by OpenInvest. Meezan Wealth Management founding director Rokibul Islam explained the ...

ART appoints new board, investment committee members

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAR 2023
Australian Retirement Trust (ART) has made several high-profile appointments to its board and investment committee. Former Future Fund managing director Mark Burgess will join ART as a board director and member of the investment committee in mid-2023. ...

HESTA investment committee chair to depart

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 28 FEB 2023
HESTA investment committee chair and independent director Mark Burgess will step down from the board at the end of June following six years in the role. As his term comes to an end, the fund's chief executive Debby Blakey said Burgess oversaw a period ...

New head of private debt at QIC

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2023
The Queensland government investor has recruited Simon La Greca as global head of private debt, replacing Andrew Jones who stepped down from the role this month. La Greca joins from Ares Management where he was a partner and head of infrastructure debt ...

ASIC questioned over workplace culture

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2023
... provided with a fuller statement by Treasury than was shared with Chester. Looking at the statement provided to Longo, the committee said: "... the investigation found that many of the instances of [Chester's] alleged conduct could be wholly or partially ...