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Impax launches global fund down under

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2023
The UK-based specialist asset manager has launched its Global Opportunities Fund in Australia, offering local investors access to global sustainable investment opportunities. The Impax Global Opportunities Fund is an all-cap global equities product ...

Family office executives take investment reins: Ocorian

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2023
Improved professionalisation has seen a "significant transformation" in the family office sector, with executives increasingly empowered to manage family assets in-house, according to a new study by Ocorian. As part of the study, conducted earlier in ...

ASIC bans former risk adviser

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2023
Former insurance adviser John Durant has been banned by the regulator for three years after he was found to have told clients to deposit insurance premiums directly into his personal account. Durant is prohibited from providing financial services, controlling ...

Provide Capital ordered to produce documents

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2023
The local subsidiary of TPP Global Investments has been ordered by the Federal Court to produce documents it has so far withheld from ASIC. Provide Nominees (Provide), which trades as Provide Capital, came under the watchdog's surveillance in March ...

Bullock keeps cash rate at 4.10%

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 OCT 2023
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) governor Michele Bullock has left the cash rate at 4.10% for the month of October. Announcing the latest monetary policy decision whilst taking the helm for the first time, Bullock left the door open for potential ...

Cbus scolded over 'most galling conflict' in super

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 3 OCT 2023
Senator Andrew Bragg has criticised "howling conflicts" between the government and super funds, spotlighting Wayne Swan's dual roles as Labor Party president and Cbus chair. Bragg highlighted newly released Freedom of Information documents that ...

Platform fees, poor resourcing a red flag for regulator

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 3 OCT 2023
The chief executives of major platform operators in the UK have received letters from the regulator, flagging concerns around poor disclosure of fees and under-investment in technology. In the letter, the Financial Conduct Authority's director of consumer ...

Global insurers eye private markets, clean energy: BlackRock

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 29 SEP 2023
Global insurers are rethinking their investment strategies, with 60% revising strategic asset allocations (SAA) to prioritise flexibility and new opportunities, according to a BlackRock study. In its annual Global insurance report, BlackRock indicated ...

TelstraSuper revamps strategy team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 29 SEP 2023
TelstraSuper has promoted a long-standing investment professional to the head of investment strategy. The high-profile David Schneider - who currently runs asset allocation with responsibility for strategic and dynamic asset allocation - will take up ...

First Super appoints to board

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 29 SEP 2023
Forestry industry leader Mick Stephens will join the First Super board as an associate director. Stephens brings over 30 years' experience to the role, having worked in the forestry industry and related fields as a resource economist, including ...