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ANZ, Suncorp deal cops industry backlash

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2022
ANZ's proposed takeover of Suncorp's banking division has generated varying industry speculation. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has raised concerns around the deal and announced plans to commence a review of the acquisition ...

New guidance to improve super funds' understanding of ESG risks

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2022
APRA has said it intends to issue draft guidance on how super funds can demonstrate clear understanding of ESG risks, manage those risks, and reflect ESG considerations in investment strategy. Responding to submissions to its consultation process for ...

Praemium reports 92% flow increase

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 18 JUL 2022
... Wamsteker also paid credit to Praemium's cornerstone product and highest revenue earning service, its separately managed accounts (SMA) offering. "The SMA added annual net inflows of $3 billion, and $284 million for the quarter. It's annual net funds ...

Netwealth reports record inflows

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2022
Netwealth's annual net inflows increased 32% from the prior year to $13 billion, according to its June 2022 quarterly business update to the ASX. The platform and investments business realised funds under administration (FUA) net inflows of $2.7 billion ...

Global fintech Smart expands pension offering to Australia

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2022
Global retirement technology provider Smart is expanding to Australia, establishing an office in Melbourne. Smart technology powers UK Smart Pension, a digitally led pension and retirement scheme setup for employers. The Australian business will operate ...

Qantas Super, CEFC back new ESG fund

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2022
Qantas Super and the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) have made a combined $100 million investment in the Ellerston 2050 Fund. The open-ended, wholesale fund, managed by Ellerston Capital will invest solely in companies that afford consumers ...

Young Australians more 'super savvy': Equip

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2022
Young Australians are thinking much more about their financial plans than previously, according to an Equipsuper survey. Almost half of the surveyed young Australians (18-34 years old) saw super as being more important now than since the start of the ...

Forrest family hires former ART portfolio manager

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2022
Bruce Tomlinson has joined Andrew and Nicola Forrest's Minderoo Foundation as investment director after recently leaving Australian Retirement Trust. In the new role, the former ART portfolio manager will report to John Hartman, the chief investment ...

Companies' ESG efforts improve

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2022
ESG focus across global companies is up by almost 8% in response to regulatory and investor pressure, report states. Fidelity's 2022 survey of analysts on sustainability issues capture's the view of 161 investment analysts from across the globe. ...

Maple-Brown Abbott launches Australian small companies fund

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2022
Maple-Brown Abbott has launched an Australian small companies fund to be managed by Phillip Hudak and Matt Griffin. Hudak and Griffin joined in April after previously managing the AMP Capital Australian Emerging Companies strategy. Maple-Brown Abbott ...