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Boutique bolsters ESG team

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 7 SEP 2021
Fidante-backed boutique Australian equities manager Merlon Capital Partners has hired a new sustainability manager. Rebecca El-Khoury joins the firm from TransGrid, where she was also a sustainability manager. Earlier in her career El-Khoury worked ...

Pain ahead for super trustees on unlisted valuations

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 6 SEP 2021
Last year many superannuation funds revalued their unlisted assets during lockdowns. Now APRA says most of their policies were deficient. Super funds took different approaches to the revaluations. For example, at Cbus the board devalued unlisted assets ...

Economic recap: Week to September 3

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 SEP 2021
... is perhaps a bit extreme; Treasurer Josh Frydenberg stated the same in a more politically-correct tone: "Today's economic numbers showed that we had seen solid growth over the June quarter, that our economy is strong, our economy is resilient, and ...

FS Power50: Last day to vote

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 3 SEP 2021
... projects and/or other initiatives designed to promote the important role financial advisers play in the country's socio-economic future. The Power50 range from those that are active within industry associations to those that boast a strong social ...

Should super funds consider crypto assets?

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2021
... who also spoke at the event, looked at the asset class from an economist's lens. The industrial economy - where the economic infrastructure for contracting, money and identity management and other aspects of administration were largely provided by ...

Mercer hires regional endowments lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2021
... She joined Russell in 2010 as a consultant and was promoted to senior consultant in 2015. Dunn said: "In the current economic environment, endowments and foundations are facing a new world with new challenges. Market volatility has tested many governance ...

Transition to renewables trumps divestment

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2021
... investors the confidence to make these policy announcements, and the net-zero commitments," she said. Not only are there economic developments underway to make this possible, but there is also a commonly agreed endpoint - which is to achieve net zero ...

ASIC red tape unit welcomed

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2021
... superannuation and financial services Jane Hume said. The unit was announced in ASIC's 2021-25 Corporate Plan which focuses on economic recovery through including through more efficient regulation, facilitating innovation, and targeting regulatory ...

Experts torn on inflation outlook

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2021
Speaking at the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) ASI 2021 conference, a panel of economic experts shared very different views on the outlook for inflation. J.P. Morgan Asset Management chief market strategist Karen Ward argued ...

Economic recap: Week to August 27

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 AUG 2021
... month and at least US$40bn in agency mortgage-backed securities per month - the Fed has been making to support the US economic recovery. All good... "if the economy evolved broadly as anticipated". "The outlook for the labor market has brightened considerably ...