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HSBC receives ESG accolades, criticism on same day

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 27 JAN 2022
Within 24 hours, HSBC received a glowing report on its ESG credentials and withering criticism that it "trashed" its own carbon pledge with a Saudi Aramco deal. S&P released its ESG ratings for $3 trillion financial institution HSBC, scoring the company ...

Financial services vulnerable to insider cybersecurity threats

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 25 JAN 2022
A new study on the prevalence of insider cybersecurity threats, commissioned by Proofpoint to the Ponemon Institute, has revealed just how much insider attacks are costing financial services firms. The international study found that insider threats ...

Mayfair 101 files new appeal

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 25 JAN 2022
Mayfair 101 has confirmed it will appeal the 2021 Federal Court decision that found its advertising misled and deceived investors. The notice of appeal was filed on the same day Mayfair was fined $30 million for the misconduct. Mayfair's appeal claims ...

Australian Investment Council chief executive steps down

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 25 JAN 2022
The chief executive of the Australian Investment Council (AIC) has stepped down to take on a new role in the financial services industry. Yasser El-Ansary's new role is yet to be revealed, but AIC confirmed El-Ansary is departing after eight years as ...

GAM bolsters distribution team

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 24 JAN 2022
GAM Investments has added to its distribution team with a new hire for its wholesale business in Australia. Daniel Sharp has been appointed manager - wholesale, HNW and family office. He is based in Sydney and will report to GAM head of Australia Alex ...

Australians plough record cash into managed funds

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 24 JAN 2022
Australian investors put almost three times as much cash into managed equity funds in 2021 as they did in 2020, according to the latest Fund Flow Index from Calastone. Fund inflows rose to $35.7 billion across all assets in 2021, up from $13.6 billion ...

Tight labour market not yet producing wage growth

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 24 JAN 2022
Wages growth remains subdued ahead of this week's quarterly Consumer Price Index release, despite a tight labour market. HSBC chief economist Paul Bloxham expects headline CPI inflation to increase to 3.1% year on year in Q4 2021. He observes that both ...

AMP Capital PrivateMarketsCo hires chief financial officer

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 20 JAN 2022
AMP Capital confirmed PrivateMarketsCo has appointed a chief financial officer, hiring from Atlas Arteria. Nadine Lennie has been appointed chief financial officer for PrivateMarketsCo, reporting to chief executive Shawn Johnson. She will start in the ...

Australia bucks concentration trend

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 20 JAN 2022
New research on equity markets from S&P shows the ASX 200 has become more diversified as markets around the world have become more concentrated. "We can analyse stock concentration at a high level by using the Herfindahl-Hirschman Index (HHI). This ...

Munro launches fund on ASX

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 20 JAN 2022
Munro Partners and GSFM have launched the Munro Climate Change Leaders Fund on the ASX under ticker MCCL. It is the second ASX quoted fund launched by Munro and GSFM. It is an actively managed fund investing primarily in a concentrated long only portfolio ...