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Super funds accused of chest beating on climate change

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2020
... in line with the Paris goals, or else the fund is heralding significant divestments in the coming year," van de Pol said. Aware Super, formerly known as First State Super, also this week released a statement on climate change. The fund said it is time ...

Tasplan raises IP premiums

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2020
... time. On September 3, it named the executive lineup of the merged fund - hiring First State Super's (soon to be called Aware Super) head of systematic and impact investing Ross Barry as its new chief investment officer, among six other C-suite ro ...

Melbourne boutique raising $70m for new fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2020
... past institutional client wins including a $20 million allocation from WA Super (currently in the process of merging with Aware Super) in October last year. Assets it has invested in previously include a partnership with Lendlease to develop, lease and ...

Former analyst gets three year sentence

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2020
... investments [and] none of Maple-Brown Abbott's funds held any investment in Big Un." "In February 2018, Maple-Brown Abbott became aware that employee Michael Ho had breached the firm's Code of Ethics. As a result, Mr Ho immediately left the firm." "Maple-Brown ...

The fundies of tomorrow

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2020
The next wave of fund managers is ready to leave their textbooks behind and start investing with real money. And star stockpickers of today are offering their help to an interuniversity group. Traditionally, students undertaking a commerce or business ...

CFS partnership to sustain advice industry

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2020
Colonial First State has entered into a partnership with graduate coaching provider Striver in order to drive graduates into the financial advice industry. The partnership will see CFS assisting university graduates with support through education, mentoring ...

First State Super makes first take-private bid

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2020
First State Super, soon to be Aware Super, has made a bid to acquire 100% of the shares in a listed telco, in what comes as the super fund's first direct bid for an ASX-listed company. The $95 billion industry super fund has made a bid to acquire ...

AMP deed of release bars advisers joining class action

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2020
... them from joining the current open class action. The Advisers Association chief executive Neil Macdonald said he became aware of a new clause in AMP's deeds of release a couple of weeks ago. Macdonald said AMP advisers have always had to sign a deed ...

Lack of transparency in ESG funds criticised

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2020
Research house Lonsec has criticised ESG fund managers for confusing ESG scores and a lack of transparency. "The traditional ESG approach tends to be more about process and less about outcomes," Lonsec head of sustainable investment research Tony Adams ...

Chief economist update: RBA increases and extends TFF

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2020
... economy through this difficult period". The Australian central bank has gone further in September. While we're already aware of the bank's monthly assurance in its statement that, "The board will maintain highly accommodative settings as long ...