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New role for Future Super co-founder

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 19 AUG 2021
The former chief executive and co-founder of Future Super has a new role with a green financier. Kirstin Hunter has been appointed chief people, risk and legal officer at Brighte. Brighte is a green financier which last year raised $100 million led ...

UniSuper moves on climate targets

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 AUG 2021
The $100 billion superannuation fund is progressing on its commitment to net zero emissions after reducing its exposure to fossil fuels. In latest climate policy update, 40 of UniSuper's top 50 Australian portfolio companies have now set operational ...

Aware Super hires member growth executive

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 16 AUG 2021
Aware Super has appointed a new group executive for member growth. Steve Travis joins Aware from Sunsuper, where he was the chief member officer for nearly three years. Prior to that he was the head of strategic planning for the retail division at Vanguard. ...

Best-performing global equities funds for FY21

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 16 AUG 2021
Locally available managed funds investing in large cap global shares tallied 28.6% in median returns for the year ending June, but funds from Forager and Loftus Peak reported big gains, according to Rainmaker research. The median outperformance in the ...

Stellar year of returns for Aussie equities funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 13 AUG 2021
The tale of a rising tide raising all ships played out in Aussie equities managed funds returns for FY21, but some managers rose more than others. The median performer in equities managed funds beat its benchmark in FY21, with Bennelong topping large ...

AMP flags recovery, profit jumps

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 12 AUG 2021
AMP's 57% year-on-year jump in its half-year profit shows positive signs of recovery but it's still a far cry from the company it was four years ago. In the six months to June, the group's underlying net profit after tax hit $181 million ...

Fidelity nabs ESG expert from HESTA

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 12 AUG 2021
Fidelity International has bolstered its sustainable investing and ESG expertise with a hire from industry super fund HESTA. Daniela Jaramillo has been appointed as director, sustainable investing, based in Melbourne, in what is a newly created role ...

Delta to impact real estate market: Analysis

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 AUG 2021
According to new analysis, the Delta strain of COVID-19 could change Australia's housing landscape dramatically. The research comes from BuyersBuyers, a property buyers agency network, and RiskWise and looks to examples overseas to predict how Australia ...

New chief executive for JPMAM

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 10 AUG 2021
J.P. Morgan Asset Management has appointed a new chief executive for Australia and New Zealand. Andrew Creber, who has been with J.P. Morgan for more than 15 years, has been selected for the top job in the region. He was most recently in J.P. Morgan's ...

New retail investors go digital

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 AUG 2021
The popularity of retail investing is continuing to grow with more than 1.43 million unique individuals participating in online trading as interest in cryptocurrency grows, new research shows. The latest Investment Trends 2021 1H Australia Online Investing ...