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FSC guidance looks to eliminate greenwashing

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2022
... mitigate these types of misrepresentations, the guidance points to investment managers needing to clearly describe its general, financial, and specific carbon or environmental objectives. In disclosing a fund's objectives, the FSC said best practice ...

Class bolsters leadership with new general managers

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2022
The cloud-based wealth accounting platform has added four new general managers to its leadership team, while also bidding farewell to its long serving chief solutions officer. The appointments of Gary Cox, Jo Hurley, Tracy Williams, and Tom Sargent ...

4D Infrastructure launches currency hedged fund

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2022
4D Infrastructure has introduced a hedged version of its flagship Global Infrastructure Fund. The 4D Global Infrastructure Fund (AUD Hedged) aims to lessen the impact of currency by hedging foreign exposure. In launching the hedged option, 4D's flagship ...

Yarra Capital appoints institutional, intermediary leads

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2022
... head of intermediary, previously retail distribution manager. Hacopian joined Yarra in 2020 from Challenger where he was general manager, key accounts and platforms. He was with Challenger for two decades, having joined in 2000 after three years in business ...

FSC analyses super, advice developments

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2022
... with greater clarity around how the Best Interest Duty is met and a review of key terms of advice (personal advice and general advice). Moreover, the retention of the Life Insurance Framework, retention of the Australian Financial Services Licence and ...

TAL completes acquisition of Westpac Life

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2022
... that the completion marks another important step in Westpac's ongoing strategy to simplify, having also offloaded its general insurance and lenders mortgage insurance units in Australia and its New Zealand life insurance business.

ASIC issues first DDO stop orders

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2022
... of interests in RES Investment Fund - as well as providing a product disclosure statement about PPM Units or providing general advice to retail clients recommending PPM Units for 21 days. ASIC said the product's TMD included two categories of retail ...

Macquarie appoints directors to bank board

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2022
At its annual general meeting today, Macquarie Group chair Glenn Stevens provided a board update, including the introduction of three bank-only, non-executive directors (BOND) to the Macquarie Bank board. Stevens stated that, as previously noted to ...

Peter Burgess to become SMSFA chief executive

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2022
... including three years as the association's technical director before joining the SMSF administrator SuperConcepts in 2013 as general manager, technical services and education. "I am thrilled to be offered the position of chief executive of the pre-eminent ...

Legalsuper hires from ART, Perpetual

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2022
... operations. Prior to the merger of Sunsuper and QSuper, Erichsen held several senior roles with the former, including executive general manager, customer engagement and head of customer service. As legalsuper's chief operating officer, he will lead ...