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LGIAsuper to rebrand

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUN 2021
As LGIAsuper completes its merger with Energy Super and starts the process of integrating Suncorp's super business into the fund, chief executive Kate Farrar tells Financial Standard there are some big changes ahead. From 1 July 2021, the successor ...

Verve Super launches gender diversity index

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUN 2021
Verve Super has launched a gender diversity index and will subsequently change how it allocates members' funds based on how Australian companies perform against the index. The Verve Gender Equality Index selects public Australian companies that ...

Aussie PE, VC assets hit milestone

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2021
... private capital funds in 2020 compared to the prior year. During 2020, 14 Australia-focused real estate funds reached final close, down 63% compared with 2019; aggregate capital raised fell by a marginally lower 54%, to total $1.5 billion. Gresham Property's ...

Chief economist update: The (dot) plot thickens

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2021
The Fed has spoken and Wall Street didn't like what it heard and saw (in the dot plots). US equities painted the board red, with all benchmark indices closing on the down low, while yields on 10-year US Treasuries went on the up and up. This is ...

Calls for Royal Commission into housing

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2021
Researchers from the University of New South Wales have issued an alarming report on the state of the Australian housing market, referring to it as a "beast" that is "rampaging through the economy". The researchers are calling for a Royal Commission ...

JANA hires from Mercer

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUN 2021
... our fast-growing not-for-profit team." JANA's NFP division is one of the firm's fastest-growing client groups, comprising close to half of its clients by number. New JANA clients in the NFP space include Queensland-based TUH Health Fund and Foundation ...

FPA to manage $1.5m scholarship mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUN 2021
... financial services industry and create a talent pool and pipeline for diversity in business leadership participation and further close the gender pay gap." The scholarships encourage and assist women, particularly from disadvantaged backgrounds, to enter ...

Super funds back carbon startup

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUN 2021
A new carbon risk management startup backed by Aware Super, Energy Super and Future Super has launched with former AMP chair Catherine Brenner on the board. Emmi will collect and analyse data on carbon emissions to assess businesses' financial risks ...

ASX invests in GROW Inc

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2021
ASX has acquired a minority stake in fast-growing superannuation administrator GROW Inc. In a statement, the exchange said the investment aligns closely with ASX's strategy to drive efficiency in financial services using distributed ledger technology ...

MAX Award winners crowned

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2021
... last night, recognising the exceptional efforts of marketing, advertising and distribution teams in financial services. Close to 300 of the industry's brightest marketing, advertising and sales talents braved the weather last night for the annual ...