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ART appoints new board, investment committee members

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAR 2023
... committee chair of HESTA. He has also been chief executive and chief investment officer for major investors and financial institutions globally and in Australia. Former agent-general for Queensland in the UK and Northern Island Trade and investment commissioner ...

Mercer embroiled in greenwashing allegations

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 28 FEB 2023
... greenwashing conduct, and it reflects our continuing efforts to ensure sustainability-related claims made by financial institutions are accurate," she said. By taking Mercer to the Federal Court, ASIC is seeking declarations and pecuniary penalties. ...

Super fund advice needs more guardrails: Conference

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2023
... SMSFA Conference, forging ahead with the idea that financial advice should be easily accessible within financial institutions. Given that Australians' relationship with their superannuation fund is for the long haul and might be the longest one they ...

New front in super wars, stability at risk: Opposition

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2023
... of principle, it is a matter of maintaining the social licence that underpins one of our most substantial economic institutions," he added. Meanwhile, Treasurer Jim Chalmers said the objective for super will set a direction that everyone can work towards ...

Fund selectors insulating portfolios, embrace active management: Natixis IM

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2023
... expected to see the biggest allocation increase in 2023. Summarising the survey, Natixis IM head of global financial institutions Matt Hebron said: "Professional fund selectors have genuine concerns about what 2023 will bring, as they anticipate elevated ...

Knight Frank, Berkadia form international alliance

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2023
... capital markets platform, providing clients with access to the most active cross-border investors, international institutions, banks, and sovereign wealth funds. The platform spans all major capital hubs and sources of capital, including Asia Pacific ...

New chief for Queensland Treasury Corp

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2023
... internationally made him the ideal candidate to lead the financing arm for the state government. "When governments and institutions across Queensland need to invest in future growth, QTC is their window to the world," he said. "Leon has been an integral ...

Jameson TTB, ANZ partner to deliver housing project

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2023
... undersupply of adequate specialist disability housing, and the sector has largely been underfunded, with few financial institutions investing in this space," he explained. "It is great to be working with ANZ again. Our shared values and goal of providing ...

Put controls in place for super funds: Associations

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2023
... it. "The recommendations in this Report apply to superannuation funds just as much as they do to other financial institutions," she said. "So, they will mean that more financial product advice given by superannuation funds to their members will be personal ...

"A lawyer's picnic": QAR report slammed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2023
... recipe for another Royal Commission, adding that the new best interests duty for advisers and Good Advice Duty for institutions will be a "lawyer's picnic". "The biggest scandals in financial advice have involved large banks and super funds, yet they ...