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Aware Super hires business development lead

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2023
... adviser network. Jarvis joins from Australian Unity where she worked since 2020 and most recently held the position of general manager customer and product. Prior to that, she spent over four years at OnePath as head of strategic accounts and sales strategy ...

Vanguard reveals the premier asset class of the last 30 years

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2023
Vanguard has delivered a stark reminder of the resilience of long-term investing with its 22 nd annual Index Chart. Despite major global upheavals, including the COVID-pandemic, Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and the Global Financial Crisis, Australian ...

ASIC looking to send message with eToro action

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2023
... industry about the importance of the design and distribution obligations (DDO). During her introductory speech at the General Counsel Summit, ASIC deputy chair Sarah Court said if the regulatory body achieves a favourable outcome in the ongoing proceedings ...

Hejaz debuts Australia's first Islamic pension product

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2023
... Management steps in as administrator, while AIA Australia has secured its role as the insurer. Equity Trustees executive general manager of superannuation trustee services Andrew Godfrey said: "It's clear the Hejaz team is committed to developing ...

Government cracks down following PwC scandal

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 8 AUG 2023
... system and capital markets strong," Treasurer Jim Chalmers said in a joint statement with the finance minister, attorney general and assistant treasurer. "We're also cracking down on the scourge of multinational tax avoidance and making sure multinationals ...

Private credit to play critical role in the economy: MA Financial

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 8 AUG 2023
... which constrains what they can actually lend to. "While there are obviously some experienced people at the big banks, as a general rule, they have to, to some extent, simplify what they're able to do," she said. Another reason borrowers are increasingly ...

Are indexes the next target for greenwashing investigations?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 8 AUG 2023
... UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) issued a letter to CEOs of index providers, warning them that in the FCA's general view, ESG disclosures are poor. "There were often instances where benchmark administrators did not provide sufficient detail ...

Banking sector fears propel family offices towards metals

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2023
... believe that the US Federal Reserve will pause rate hikes, and an equal number consider gold an excellent hedge against general market volatility. Approximately three-quarters of family offices expect inflation to continue to surpass official government ...

More than $100k raised at FICAP RockStar

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 AUG 2023
... Delaney claiming victory as overall winner with his rendition of 'Don't Look Back in Anger' by Oasis. AZ NGA general counsel and company secretary Andrew Symes was crowned Best Vocalist following his performance of the much-loved 'Never ...

Acadian employs ChatGPT to assess climate targets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 AUG 2023
... with language. "Quantitative communications is better than qualitative, specificity is useful as well. We use that in the general investment process with the way that companies talk about earnings." Moniz pointed out that the tool incorporates uncertainty ...