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Aware Real Estate welcomes finance lead

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2022
Tracey Whitby will become Aware Real Estate's head of finance and operations. Whitby joins from Lincoln Place, an Australian real estate fund manager specialising in the creation, development, management and operation of Land Lease Communities. ...

Proebstl to leave legalsuper

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2022
Andrew Proebstl has announced he will leave the fund this month, capping just shy of two decades in the role. Proebstl will retire from the fund on November 23, with the fund employing a global executive search team to find his replacement. He took ...

The future of defined contribution asset allocation

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2022
Strategy discussions around defined contribution workplace saving tend to focus on plan design and engagement but questions of asset allocation are also critical, according to a discussion summary of the most recent Jasper Forum. The Forum was led by ...

CALI backed by industry

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2022
The Council of Australian Life Insurers (CALI) has been backed by the industry with 19 life insurers and reinsurers joining its membership. CALI's membership now represents 99% of the life insurance industry and 100% of the reinsurance industry in Australia. ...

BlackRock expands proxy voting to retail investors

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2022
BlackRock will allow individual investors in select mutual funds in the UK to engage in proxy voting via its technology platform Voting Choice. BlackRock chair and chief executive Larry Fink said it's clear investors don't want to sit on the ...

Padua hires head of sales

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2022
Padua Solutions has appointed Steve Toth into the newly created position of head of sales, distribution and account management. Toth joins the fintech with experience across several industries, and has previously been head of sales for companies including ...

Cbus overhauls climate change reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2022
... such as cement and steel, the transport of those materials to the job site, and the construction practices used. Cbus will engage with its property managers on plans to reduce embodied carbon by 40% by 2030 and hit net zero by 2050. "Embodied carbon ...

ASIC probes super fund, investment manager greenwashing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2022
ASIC chair Joe Longo said the market regulator is currently investigating several listed companies, super funds, and managed funds for potential greenwashing. "Only last week we issued our first greenwashing penalty, and we're currently investigating ...

Perpetual rejects takeover bid by consortium

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2022
... uncertain and conditional, and the Perpetual board believes that it is not in the best interests of its shareholders to engage on this offer and has therefore rejected the offer," Perpetual said. Perpetual oversees about $200 billion and is in the process ...

Financial adviser registration delayed

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2022
The government has said it will delay the financial adviser registration requirement until 1 July 2023. The Financial Sector Reform (Hayne Royal Commission response - Better Advice) Act 2021 introduced a central registration requirement for financial ...