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Suncorp nabs business, private banking executive

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2020
Suncorp has hired a former business and private banking executive from the Commonwealth Bank, set to guide the group's path towards digitisation and automation. Adam Bennett has nabbed the chief information officer role, and will join Suncorp from July ...

Rest climate change trial delayed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2020
Rest member Mark McVeigh's day in court with his $57 billion industry superannuation fund over its management of climate change risk has been delayed. New orders were made in the Federal Court yesterday, with the trial date pushed back from July ...

Government urged to extend stimulus

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2020
The OECD has urged the Australian government to extend stimulus measures and warned that a second wave of infections could derail our economy. In its latest economic outlook report pointed out that while economic activity collapsed in the second quarter ...

UBS Australia launches new CBRE fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2020
UBS has added a new fund from CBRE Clarion to its lineup that will invest in listed and unlisted real assets for sophisticated investors in Australia. The UBS CBRE Global Real Assets Fund has a fund-of-fund structure and will invest in existing vehicles ...

Report reveals superficiality of ESG pledges

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2020
A new report has revealed a number of superannuation funds, including AustralianSuper, voted down shareholder resolutions on climate change despite signing up to the Investor Group on Climate Change. The Australian Centre for Corporate Responsibility ...

What advisers need to know: BT

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2020
BT head of financial literacy and advocacy Bryan Ashenden has observed a significant increase in calls for technical support from financial advisers during the COVID-19 pandemic. "The level of queries and questions we were getting through from advisers ...

Raiz Super bleeds red

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2020
Raiz Invest's super offering lost a further $2 million during the month of May, with Australians taking advantage of the government's early release scheme to preemptively access their retirement savings. Over the last three months, funds under management ...

Boutique to remediate clients

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2020
A fund manager will remediate clients in eight funds after a recent review of its management costs identified a unit pricing error. Alpha Fund Managers' investors in eight funds were charged the wrong fees between July, 2017 and January, 2020 for ...

Boutique to open Sydney office

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2020
A Melbourne boutique has opened a Sydney office and added to its distribution team as its looks to expand its presence in the retail market. Scott Curtis is joining Warakirri Asset Management as a business development manager from Liverpool Partners ...

Newgate fund starts new life

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2020
Equity Trustees has handed over the management of Newgate Real Estate and Infrastructure Fund to a new manager, as Newgate Capital announces its intention to retire from the fund. Starting July 1, the fund will be folded into the Sanlam Real Assets ...