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Federal Budget delivers nothing on climate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2022
... greener economy, however, are not nearly sufficient to drive and foster the extent of change required." Eaton noted that the World Economic Forum estimates US$4-5 trillion are required annually to keep climate change at 1.5 degrees. If Australia invested ...

War in Ukraine sparks defence spend

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2022
... is that weakness invites aggression. It leaves nations vulnerable to coercion. This is the reality we must confront. The world is less stable," Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said in his Budget speech. "We must invest more in the defence of our nation. This ...

PGIM hires head of wealth

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2022
... wealth space, Price is responsible for developing and implementing PGIM's wealth management distribution strategy "to provide world-class investment solutions to the Australian intermediated wholesale advice market, including private banks and advisories ...

Janus Henderson investments chief retires

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2022
... contributions over his tenure at the firm, including his close collaboration on many firmwide initiatives and building out a world-class investment capability that has delivered a robust track record of investment performance for our clients," Janus ...

Government flags $17.9bn infrastructure spend

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2022
... an equal 48 year low, the measures in this Budget will create an additional 40,000 jobs across Australia, building on our world leading economic recovery." He also claimed the infrastructure projects will strengthen supply chains, which have experienced ...

Equity Trustees wins Hejaz mandate

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2022
... Equity Fund, the Hejaz Property Fund and the Hejaz Income Fund. The Equity Fund aims to match the returns of the iShares MSCI World Islamic UCITS ETF through exposure to a diversified equities portfolio of Sharia Compliant investments. On the other hand ...

Australia more worried about inflation: Nuveen

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2022
... looking to mitigate inflation risk. "Investors in Australia and globally are concerned about fast-changing conditions in world markets and challenges in areas as broad-ranging as extreme weather, uncertainty around interest rates and inflation, the disruptive ...

WTW adds cybersecurity consultant

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2022
... bringing unique insight into the cyber and technology risk challenges our clients face, through experience drawn from the real world. He has direct knowledge of the pressures on organisations to uplift their cyber security risk management and systems ...

Regulators fret over hobby traders

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2022
... the broader investment community, especially where the harm is digitally enabled. Like ASIC, our counterparts around the world are observing common types of harmful behaviour include mis-selling, mis-labelling and misleading disclosure - all of which ...

First Sentier rebrands direct infra business

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2022
... First Sentier Investors Group affords us the chance to brand our business independently, while still benefiting from the world-class support of the FSI team," Mills said. "We remain committed to partnering with our clients and management teams to create ...