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Does ESG have a fiduciary issue?

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 17 JUL 2023
... overwhelmingly supported climate-friendly and diversity policies. ESG was being shunned by some because it was being used as too general a term, says Michael Viehs, global head of sustainable investing at Partners Capital. "For me, there is no such thing ...

ACCC publishes draft guidance on greenwashing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUL 2023
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has outlined eight principles designed to combat greenwashing by businesses and protect consumers. The ACCC has published a draft guidance to address "concerning conduct" arising from a recent ...

Leigh Watson caps four decades in industry

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUL 2023
... life & health reinsurance for Australia & New Zealand. Before that, he worked at National Australia Bank as executive general manager of asset servicing and then of financial institutions, but also doing a stint as chief operating officer in Asia. Previously ...

Acting retirement lead appointed at Australian Retirement Trust

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUL 2023
... the newly created role and will arrive at ART on December 1. In the interim, Anne Fuchs, recently appointed executive general manager of advice, guidance and education, will step into the role of acting chief of retirement. With more than 25 years of ...

CBA staff head to Fair Work over WFH policy

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUL 2023
The Finance Sector Union will front the Fair Work Commission on behalf of Commonwealth Bank staff, fighting the banking giant's mandate that staff be in the office 50% of the time. At the end of May, CBA told staff that they would be required to work ...

Equity Trustees takes on new RE mandate

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUL 2023
... capabilities of Peridot and our existing resources to pursue better outcomes for our investors." Equity Trustees executive general manager, corporate trustee services Russell Beasley said: "We are delighted to be selected as the responsible entity for ...

Praemium hires governance, risk chief

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUL 2023
... was most recently interim chief risk officer at Bank First. Prior, she spent close to seven years at Netwealth, first as general manager of risk and compliance and then as chief governance officer. With more than 25 years' experience, she's also ...

AZ NGA welcomes head of M&A

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 10 JUL 2023
... Advisory (AZ NGA) has appointed Yasemin Onat to lead future mergers and acquisitions. At the same time, Andrew Symes joins as general counsel and company secretary. The firm recently added the role of general counsel role to its standing company secretary ...

Adviser demand up as industry turns corner: Recruiter

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUL 2023
... willing to structure advisers' overall earnings linked to the financial performance of the client book and business in general, he said. In many instances, Recruit2Advice's clients are willing to increase upfront remuneration to $170,000-$180,000 ...

JANA picks Rimes for tech

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUL 2023
... transformation program. "JANA continues to develop its best-of-breed partnership approach to tech-enable our business," said JANA general manager of technology and data Ann-Mary Rajanayagam. "After thoroughly evaluating several options, we selected the ...