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ETFS Capital, WisdomTree in cooperation deal

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2022
Graham Tuckwell's ETFS Capital entered a cooperation agreement with WisdomTree, alongside Lion Point, to enhance WisdomTree's board of directors and corporate governance. Under the agreement, former State Street Global Advisors chief investment officer ...

Cbus to sell corporate art collection

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2022
Cbus is auctioning its art collection, estimated to be worth about $9 million. The Cbus Collection of Important Australian Art features more than 280 works dating from the colonial era through to contemporary pieces. Artists in the collection include ...

APRA identifies NESS Super board deficiencies

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2022
APRA has told the $1 billion super fund to improve its governance after a review found deficiencies with its board. The directions follow a review of NESS Super's governance and an independent review conducted by NESS which identified skill gaps ...

'No easy answer' to ESG disclosures by super fund trustees

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2022
In line with heightened public attention to the challenges of climate change, patterns of ESG disclosure by superannuation fund trustees have had to evolve. A Herbert Smith Freehills report claimed Australian superannuation fund members were more interested ...

APRA 'digging into' super fund contributions to unions

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2022
After questioning from Senator Andrew Bragg at Senate estimates, prudential regulator APRA shared it has done some preliminary investigations about payments to unions. Bragg has claimed that superannuation which should be for workers has turned into ...

Implemented Portfolios launches ESG models

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAR 2022
To meet increasing client demand for values aligned investing, Implemented Portfolios has released a new range of ESG model portfolios for advisers and investors alike. The ESG Aware Model Portfolios are a suite of investment options comprising ETFs ...

Saxo Markets Australia rolls out new platform

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 28 FEB 2022
Saxo Markets has launched a new investment platform designed to make investing simple, intuitive, and personalised for retail investors. The platform, dubbed SaxoInvestor, provides access to research content and investment themes, in addition to over ...

Private debt and YFYS: Research

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 18 FEB 2022
Scenario analysis from Schroders indicates that an Australian private debt portfolio could have outperformed the Your Future, Your Super fixed income benchmark. The analysis performed by Schroders alternatives director Claire Smith showed it would have ...

FSCP panel members named

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 15 FEB 2022
Thirty-one part-time members of the Financial Services and Credit Panel (FSCP) have been appointed by Treasury as the new disciplinary regime kicks off. The Financial Sector Reform (Hayne Royal Commission Response - Better Advice) Act 2021 established ...

BTFG names chief customer service officer

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 27 JAN 2022
BT Financial Group appointed a long-serving Westpac executive as its chief customer service officer. Georgina Croft spent 12 years at the Westpac Group, serving in several executive roles that included chief operating officer for the insurance businesses ...