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New trustee for Student Super, NEOS Super

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2020
Two Tidswell Master Super plans, Student Super and NEOS Super Plan, will move trustees on December 18. Diversa Trustees will be the trustee of each fund from that point on. Diversa is part of the same group as Tidswell. Tidswell, Diversa and CCSL were ...

Ellerston listed Asia fund adds director

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2020
... has added a former super fund chief investment officer to its board. Marian Carr joined as a non-executive director on December 1. She has previously worked as the chief investment officer of the CSR Group superannuation funds. She was also the deputy ...

Best super, pension fund revealed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2020
... and a soccer program for migrants and refugees. The full list of Best of the Best winners is revealed in Money 's December-January issue, out now. For more information on how the winners were selected, click here.

US wealth manager acquires three Aussie firms

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2020
... new network of boutique financial advice firms and acquired three Australian businesses. Focus launched Connectus on December 1 in the US, and now the first Australian advice firms to join the boutique network have been announced. Brady & Associates ...

Westpac enters into court enforceable undertaking

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2020
... said. APRA's concerns stem from AUSTRAC's allegations of anti-money laundering (AML) breaches against the bank in December 2019. The prudential regulator had concerns with Westpac's "immature and reactive risk culture", unclear accountabilities ...

Coolabah to manage Contango fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2020
... will hold at least 25 securities, with a focus on liquidity and low volatility. The initial offer runs from today to December 18. It will list on the exchange via Chi-X. Contango Asset Management said it plans to grow the fund organically in the advised ...

Funds' net-zero ambitions collide with Santos

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2020
... AustralianSuper, Cbus and CareSuper have all made commitments to have net-zero carbon emission portfolios by 2050. On December 1, Santos made the bold announcement that it would net-zero by 2040. The company's plan involves reducing scope one and ...

Pension plan sued for expensive, active strategy

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2020
... otherwise ratified high cost and poorly-performing investments, instead of offering more prudent alternatives. As at December 2019, the plan had 10,170 participants with assets of about US$784 million. Pension schemes, otherwise known as a 401(k), are ...

Chief economist update: David Australia versus Goliath China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2020
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) kept monetary policy unchanged at its December board meeting - the last of 2020 - and for good reason. "In Australia, the economic recovery is under way and recent data have generally been better than expected... ...

Former Cbus chief takes prime role at AMP Capital

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2020
... superannuation fund Cbus's former chief executive David Atkin is joining AMP Capital as its deputy chief executive, effective December 7. "Atkin will assume operational leadership of AMP Capital in an interim capacity until June 2021, while AMP continues ...