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Canadian pension fund pursues global growth

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2020
... Blanchard said it's an honour to join the CDPQ team and continue the work of recent years and further enhance the organisation's international leadership. "At the U.N., I witnessed first-hand the impact that investors can have on major issues around ...

Invesco inks ESG plan

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2020
... instrumental to client success, harnessing the power of Invesco's global platform and perpetuating a high-performance organisation. Invesco commissioned Vivid Economics to conduct emissions intensity, temperature alignment and climate scenario analysis ...

Franklin Templeton completes acquisition

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2020
... Mason, creating one of the world's largest specialist managers. Franklin Resources, a global investment management organisation with subsidiaries operating as Franklin Templeton, announced the completion of its previously announced acquisition of Legg ...

Calls for financial services to include procurement targets

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2020
First Nations Foundation (FNF) has also called on the financial services industry to aim to include procurement targets in their Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) development. The Indigenous-led not-for-profit promoting financial literacy made the call ...

Macquarie fired 32 people in "consequence management"

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2020
... Formal warnings were issued in the remaining 132 matters and in 19 of these, the individual subsequently left the organisation," Warne said. "Importantly, the circumstances surrounding all of these matters were analysed and it was found that these were ...

Franklin Templeton announces revised APAC team

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2020
... the team in delivering a range of truly diversified global investment strategies through an expansive distribution organisation with global reach and scale," Johnson said. "Vivek's strengths as a leader and depth of experience in various international ...

Westpac announces appointment, departure

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2020
... operations. "I've thoroughly enjoyed my time at Westpac over the past 13 years," he said. "Having helped Peter and the organisation through a significant year of change, I decided that this is the right time to leave the group." King thanked Thursby ...

SMSFA, FSC call for infrastructure investment access

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2020
The SMSF Association and the Financial Services Council (FSC) are calling for self-managed super funds to have access to unitised, liquid infrastructure investments as a way of generating economic growth. The two organisations, which represent more ...

Chief economist update: No Karens in China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2020
... Beijing, where the outbreaks were brought under control in just about two weeks. As early as February, the World Health Organisation (WHO) released a report stating that, "China's bold approach to contain the rapid spread of this new respiratory ...

AustralianSuper partners with greenhouse gas giants

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2020
Australia's largest superannuation fund has partnered with the country's major greenhouse gas emitters in a new initiative which will see them work towards a decarbonised future. AustralianSuper, joined by NAB and Schneider Electric, has partnered ...