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AI in ESG: Risk or opportunity?

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 5 JUN 2023
The artificial intelligence (AI) revolution is already rapidly disrupting various industries, speeding up processes and making fast work of huge amounts of data, and investors and businesses need to analyse the material ESG risks and opportunities of ...

ESSSuper reduces admin fees, renews insurance mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 5 JUN 2023
ESSSuper is reducing administration fees and plans to rebate some of this financial year's admin fees, citing efficiencies gained through outsourcing administration. Meanwhile, it has also signed a new group insurance contract. Currently, ESSSuper ...

Economists divided over cash rate decision

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 5 JUN 2023
Accelerating wages growth and higher than expected inflation would perhaps indicate an increase is justified, however, the economic hardships faced by Australians is intensifying. According to an economic misery index by the University of Melbourne ...

ASIC issues first-of-its-kind stop order

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 5 JUN 2023
Mitrade Global has been hit with the first stop order to be issued under the design and distribution obligations' (DDO) failure to take reasonable steps provision, with the order relating to its distribution of contracts for difference (CFD). The stop ...

CareSuper, Spirit Super charge ahead with $50bn merger

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2023
CareSuper and Spirit Super have entered into a binding agreement to merge, set to finalise by late 2024. The combined superannuation entity will have $50 billion in funds under management (FUM) and serve over 500,000 members. Last year, former CareSuper ...

GQ Multifamily platform boost BTR pipeline

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2023
Gurner and Qualitas-backed GQ build-to-rent (BTR) platform has expanded its pipeline to 3650 apartments in Brisbane and Melbourne, in a bid to deliver "much needed apartment stock" to the market. The news comes after GQ Multifamily announced the closure ...

Risk of recession growing: Podcast

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2023
AMP chief economist Shane Oliver says the risk of recession is rising alongside the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) rate increases. Earlier in the week, the Australian share market rallied following the decision by US lawmakers to raise the debt ...

It's painful, but it's working: Lowe

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAY 2023
Reflecting on the board's decision to increase the cash rate by 25 basis points to 3.85% last month, Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) governor Philip Lowe says so far, the strategy is working. Lowe told the Senate economics committee this morning that ...

Bank of Queensland slapped with EU

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAY 2023
APRA and AUSTRAC have agreed to a court enforceable undertaking (CEU) following weakness in the bank's risk management and money laundering controls. APRA said it's acted following several beaches or its prudential standards and a review that ...

JPMorgan developing investment advice AI

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAY 2023
JPMorgan has filed a trademark for an AI-powered investment advisory tool, IndexGPT. It's envisioned IndexGPT will harness the power of "cloud computing software using artificial intelligence" to analyse and select securities that are tailored to ...