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AMP appoints new board member

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2022
AMP has announced the appointment of financial services executive Andrew Best as an independent, non-executive director, effective 1 July 2022. Best brings more than three decades of international and domestic experience across investment banking and ...

Insurers to get new advocacy body

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2022
Australia's life insurance industry will soon have a new peak body, the Council of Australian Life Insurers (CALI). Expected to launch later this year, CALI is the brainchild of a collective of life insurers who believe it is now time for the sector ...

ASX names new managing director

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2022
Helen Lofthouse will be the first female to hold the position of managing director and chief executive at the bourse. Lofthouse joined the ASX in 2015 as a member of the executive leadership team and replaces Dominic Stevens who was appointed in 2016. ...

Fossil fuel divestment bill passes California Senate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2022
The California Senate passed a bill overnight prohibiting the United States' two largest public pension funds from investing in the world's top 200 fossil fuel companies and require them to divest any existing holdings by 2030. The California ...

Superhero board signs former ASIC boss

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2022
Former ASIC chair James Shipton has joined the board of Superhero. The trading platform, which launched in September 2020, has close to 200,000 investors and rolled out zero brokerage US share trading as well as its flagship superannuation offering. ...

VanEck carbon credits ETF set to hit ASX

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2022
VanEck will launch Australia's first carbon credits ETF, tracking the four most actively traded and largest carbon markets and emissions trading schemes (ETS) in the world. Subject to ASX and final regulatory approval VanEck Global Carbon Credits ETF ...

NZ Super Fund hires from ART

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2022
Australian Retirement Trust has confirmed that Kevin Wong is leaving the $230 billion super fund to join NZ Super Fund. Wong who has served as the portfolio manager for dynamic asset allocation will join the Kiwi sovereign wealth fund as a senior investment ...

Franklin Templeton hires sales director

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2022
Franklin Templeton Australia has added a new sales director, overseeing independent financial advisers and private banks. Michael Bowen takes on the role, joining after a short stint with Investors Mutual as relationship manager, strategic groups. Bowen ...

AMG Super hires to distribution team

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2022
AMG Super has appointed the former head of distribution at Powerwrap to a business development role. Richard Carr is joining the super fund as a business development manager, based in Melbourne. In this role, he will oversee distribution in Victoria ...

Warakirri adds winery to fund

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2022
Warakirri Asset Management has announced settlement of Chromy Estate, the home of Josef Chromy Wines in Tasmania, which it has added to its Diversified Agriculture Fund. The state-of-the-art winery, 61-hectare vineyard, restaurant, and cellar door assets ...