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Cbus taps ex-AustralianSuper equities chief for 'critical role'

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2024
Cbus has appointed a former AustralianSuper equities chief to serve as its head of portfolio construction. Justin Pascoe, who joined AustralianSuper as a senior portfolio manager in June 2019 before being promoted in August 2021, will take on the "critical ...

FICAP RockStar raises over $100k for charity partners

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2024
An analyst at KPMG took out the top prize at the Finance Industry Community Aid Program's annual RockStar event, which raised more than $100,000 for charity. Performing at The Beresford in Sydney's Surry Hills last night, KPMG senior audit analyst ...

Betashares launches momentum ETF

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2024
... a strategy, the identification of outperforming stocks, behavioural bias and execution costs," Betashares chief executive Alex Vynokur said. "It's our view that a systematic, rules-based index approach to momentum investing can assist investors to efficiently ...

Cbus strategy chief exits

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 22 JUL 2024
The chief strategy officer of Cbus Super has resigned from the post after eight years with the fund. Alexandra West was less than a year into her new role as strategy chief before she resigned effective June 7. West stepped into the newly created role ...

Government urged to overhaul gift tax system

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2024
... inconsistency of the system sees many charities that create clear community benefits miss out," Productivity Commission deputy chair Alex Robson said. The report said charities that work to prevent poverty, animal welfare charities, and charities that ...

UK announces new Pension Schemes Bill

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2024
The UK government plans to introduce a 'value for money' test for workplace pension schemes and mandate them to offer retirement products, as it looks to ensure Brits retire with more. A new Pension Schemes Bill, announced in a speech by King ...

FICAP to support Aussie icon in 2024

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2024
The Financial Industry Community Aid Program (FICAP) will raise funds for Life Ed, the charity behind Healthy Harold, at its annual RockStar event next week. FICAP has selected Life Ed as its new charity partner in 2024, providing funding for the Healthy ...

Betashares launches new currency hedged ETF

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2024
... index is weighted equally and foreign currency exposure is hedged against the Australian dollar. Betashares chief executive Alex Vynokur said the equally weighted version of the S&P 500 index offers exposure to the US share market while reducing some ...

Australian ETF industry blazes past $200bn

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2024
... expect this trend to continue to drive flows into these two asset classes, alongside fixed income," Betashares chief executive Alex Vynokur said. Meanwhile, product development activity was high this half, with 36 new products launched, compared to 22 ...

DigitalX to launch Bitcoin ETF on ASX

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2024
... announcement about the Federal Court's decision on its summary judgement application in a case that involves former director Alex Karis.