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Rest rebrands with new look

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2024
... simple for its two million members. Rest's logo has been updated with a different typography, exclusively in the colour green. Rest chief member officer Deborah Potts said the goal is to make it easy for members to build a relationship with their ...

New bill seeks to block investments involving Cbus

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2024
Liberal senator Andrew Bragg has introduced a bill to stop the Housing Australia Future Fund (HAFF) from investing in housing projects financed by Cbus. The bill would amend the Housing Australia Future Fund Act 2023 to include an additional limitation ...

CFS, Bravura, Elemnta team up to enhance FirstChoice

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 20 AUG 2024
... said this "significant enhancement" will afford advisers more time to focus on their clients. Elemnta chief executive Shaun Green said as former advisers, the company understands the challenges within the advice ecosystem. "Both CFS and Midwinter share ...

What does the RBNZ rate cut mean to Australia?

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 15 AUG 2024
... basis points (3.2%) in its inflation index in July, the lowest level since April 2021. deVere group chief executive Nigel Green suggested the Fed was already behind the curve globally on the rate hiking and easing cycle, and said it shouldn't make ...

Future Group joins campaign to ban gambling ads

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2024
Ethical investment groups Ethinvest and Future Group are backing an investor campaign to stop media giants Seven West and Nine Entertainment from running gambling ads. Ethinvest, a financial planning group, and Future Group, the parent company of super ...

BHP, Rio Tinto, Qantas back carbon credits fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2024
The ASX-listed companies have poured $80 million into a new Australian carbon credits fund from Silva Capital. The Silva Carbon Origination Fund is one of the first funds in Australia to invest in large-scale, high-integrity Australian Carbon Credit ...

UK regulators propose framework for workplace pension schemes

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2024
... performance, and service quality, in a bid to improve transparency. Pension schemes would be publicly rated as red, amber, or green, with poor performing ones required to either improve or transfer members to better alternatives, with no action required ...

Trump victory will jostle trade war, interest rates: Morningstar

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2024
... earth oxide supply and essentially all heavy rare earth oxide production. Rare earths are critical for electrification and green power," he said. Fortescue, on the other hand, will like face headwinds under a Trump administration. "With steel exports ...

Mercer Super cops landmark $11.3m greenwashing penalty

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2024
Mercer Superannuation Australia has been slapped with a whopping $11.3 million penalty by the Federal Court on the back of an ASIC-led greenwashing investigation. Mercer was found to make misleading statements on its website about seven Sustainable ...

Barings, Rest break ground on $400m investment

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2024
... development will have a focus on a reduced carbon footprint and sustainability, targeting an internationally recognised 6-star Green Star Rating. Barings senior director, portfolio management James King said the acquisition of the Kemps Creek site takes ...