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Fund managers' ESG beef

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2020
Fund managers with a focus on ESG must be wary of supply chains, especially where meat and dairy industry are involved, according to new data. The Coller FAIRR Protein Producer Index found that the world's largest meat, fish and dairy producers are ...

SASB appoints Australian advisor

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2020
The global body responsible for setting sustainability disclosure standards has appointed its first senior advisor for Australia following increased interest from local institutional investors. The Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) has ...

Channel Capital in management buyout

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2020
The Sydney multi-boutique is bidding farewell to its minority equity partner Highbury Partnership, as it enlists a new passive investor to bring ownership back to the management. Highbury invested about $15 million in Channel Capital in 2017 when the ...

State Super appoints acting CIO

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2020
The $43 billion State Super has appointed an acting chief investment officer, after Gary Gabriel left for VFMC at October end. State Super's deputy chief investment officer Charles Wu is acting as the CIO, as State Super looks for a permanent replacement. ...

AMP Capital bids farewell to active ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2020
AMP Capital is delisting all of its ETFs after about four years on the ASX, following UBS Asset Management's move in March. The last trading day will be December 4, with final distributions from the wind up set for December 31. "...the decision ...

AMP extends life insurance APL

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2020
AMP has updated its approved product list (APL), allowing aligned financial advisers to recommend an enhanced suite of insurers. The new APL includes AIA, BT, MetLife, OnePath/Zurich and TAL. BT and MetLife are the two new additions. And, for the first ...

Super funds overlook VC potential

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2020
Superannuation funds' shift to low-cost exchange-traded products is potentially at the detriment of startups and the potential upside for the local economy. This is according to Stoic Venture Capital partner Geoff Waring, who said local startups ...

Spaceship delivers for millennials

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2020
Spaceship is the best-value superannuation for younger members, which, based on new research, is outperforming its competitors by a long shot. Rainmaker's newly-released June 2020 Benchmarking report found Spaceship outclassed its peers in terms ...

RBA, CBA, NAB partner for wholesale currency

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2020
The Reserve Bank of Australia has announced a partnership with a consortium of financial institutions and a blockchain technology company to develop a wholesale central bank digital currency (CBDC) using distributed ledger technology (DLT) for settlement. ...

FSC names new chair

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2020
The Financial Services Council has appointed a new chair to replace Geoff Lloyd, who has stood down due to his resignation from MLC Wealth. The role is going to Mercer Australia's recently appointed chief executive David Bryant. Bryant was previously ...