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Equity Trustees nabs Perpetual sales head

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 DEC 2021
Equity Trustees has a new general manager, business development and custody, corporate trustee services, hiring from Perpetual. Johnny Francis has been appointed to the role, joining from Perpetual where he was head of sales and relationship management ...

BetaShares hires from Suncorp

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 NOV 2021
ETF provider BetaShares has hired a director of responsible investments from Suncorp. Greg Liddell has been appointed director of responsible investments at BetaShares, a newly created role. Liddell joins from Suncorp, where he was executive manager ...

Cannon-Brookes takes stake in Rabbitohs

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 15 NOV 2021
Atlassian co-founder and billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes has purchased a stake in NRL club South Sydney Rabbitohs, after recently becoming a minority owner of the Utah Jazz basketball team. Cannon-Brookes will own one third of Blackcourt League Investment's ...

AustralianSuper adds to board

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 15 NOV 2021
AustralianSuper has appointed a new board member and chair of its investment committee, selecting an expert in property investments. Philippa Kelly has joined the fund, replacing Jim Craig who joined the board in 2017. Craig was also chair of the investment ...

Governance tops ESG priorities: Study

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 12 NOV 2021
Asset managers are prioritising governance and active engagement above other ethical investing matters, a new study shows. Russell Investments' annual ESG manager survey found that among the majority (80%) of the global 369 asset managers it surveyed ...

APRA appoints investment risk lead from TCorp

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 22 OCT 2021
A former New South Wales Treasury Corp executive has joined the prudential regulator as head of investment risk. Geoff Stewart was appointed head of investment risk at APRA in September. Stewart recently finished up as TCorp's head of investment advisory ...

HUB24 to acquire Class

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 18 OCT 2021
SMSF technology provider Class has agreed to be acquired by HUB24 via a scheme of arrangement. Under the deal, Class shareholders will receive one share in HUB24 for every 11 ordinary Class shares they hold, plus $0.10 per ordinary share. The implied ...

AustralianSuper adds ACTU president to board

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 12 OCT 2021
The current president of the Australian Council of Trade Unions has joined the board of AustralianSuper, replacing a longstanding director and former deputy chair. Michele O'Neil has been appointed as a director on the board of the nation's ...

Eight in 10 asset owners focused on sustainability: Survey

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 8 OCT 2021
FTSE Russell's latest survey of global asset owners demonstrates an overwhelming consensus that sustainable investment is now standard. FTSE Russell surveyed 179 global asset owners earlier this year, 19% of which were from the Asia Pacific region. ...

FTSE Russell launches new ESG indexes

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 1 OCT 2021
FTSE Russell has introduced six Russell ESG indexes, based on the Russell 1000, 2000 and 3000 benchmarks. The Russell US ESG Indexes are designed to integrate ESG into institutional-grade US equity indexes. The six new indexes are constructed using ...