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Westpac director heads for the exit

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2020
A member of Westpac's board is preparing to leave the turmoil stricken big bank after less than two years as a director. The bank has confirmed the departure of director Anita Fung from its board. Fung was appointed to the board in the midst of the ...

Climate activism not translating to investing

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2020
Australia's care for climate change has not translated into how they invest their superannuation and other investment, according to research from Australian Ethical Investment. The research shows the vast majority of Australians (83%) believe climate ...

Coronavirus no match for Future Fund

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2020
Future Fund chief investment officer Raphael Arndt is confident Australia's sovereign wealth fund can handle the impacts of the coronavirus outbreak, thanks to its diversification. Appearing before the Senate Finance and Public Administration Legislation ...

EQT bolsters board

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2020
Equity Trustees has appointed an award-winning women's advocate and current RBA director to its board. Carol Schwartz has joined EQT's board as a non-executive director. Schwartz is currently a non-executive director on the boards of the Reserve ...

Queensland funds inch closer to merger

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2020
Major Queensland superannuation funds QSuper and Sunsuper are a step closer to a merger, signing a Memorandum of Understanding to undertake exclusive due diligence to explore a merger. The agreement comes around four months after the two super funds ...

Chief economist update: Welcome to the day after tomorrow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2020
The day you, I and Irene lost sleep over contemplating the potency of future central bank policy actions, given their sharply reduced firepower, when the next threat to the global economy comes. The coronavirus outbreak has brought that day upon us. ...

Allianz Retire+ moves to increase retiree confidence

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2020
Allianz Retire+ is partnering with a goals-based advice technology outfit to offer advisers more certainty when building retiree portfolios with its Future Safe investment product. Allianz Retire+ has partnered with Investfit to create a portfolio construction ...

IOOF restructures leadership team

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2020
An internal restructure in IOOF's leadership team is complete, with three general managers promoted to the firm's c-suite. IOOF general manager of distribution Mark Oliver has been promoted to chief distribution officer, while the firm's general manager ...

Fidelity sweeps Morningstar Australia Awards

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2020
Fidelity International scored two wins at the 2020 Morningstar Australia Awards, while passive investing giant Vanguard beat active managers in the multi-asset category. The awards were spread across eight categories, with the winners announced last ...

Retirement review goes off the rails

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2020
Superannuation experts are concerned the retirement income review may be getting out of hand, evidenced by numerous stakeholder submissions straying from the consultation guidelines by proposing a complete transformation of the super system. At the ...