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Investors demand credible climate information

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 13 SEP 2021
Retail investors would have greater confidence in sustainability information it was subject to independent assurance, new research shows. The Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CA ANZ) Investor Confidence Survey recorded 87% of investors ...

Vanguard Australia appoints new managing director

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 10 SEP 2021
... as the chief financial officer. In 2017, he moved to the US as the divisional chief financial officer of the US retail investor group at Vanguard, which looks after over US$2 trillion in funds under management has over seven million investors. As the ...

Tim Wilson grills NAB on super ownership

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 9 SEP 2021
Liberal MP Tim Wilson has grilled National Australia Bank chief executive Ross McEwan on whether super funds have undue influence over Australian banks, as funds own larger portions of the ASX. Wilson asked NAB whether super funds, as shareholders ...

Boutique bolsters ESG team

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 7 SEP 2021
Fidante-backed boutique Australian equities manager Merlon Capital Partners has hired a new sustainability manager. Rebecca El-Khoury joins the firm from TransGrid, where she was also a sustainability manager. Earlier in her career El-Khoury worked ...

Should super funds consider crypto assets?

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2021
Superannuation funds that dismiss crypto assets are at risk of underperforming, the AIST ASI Conference has heard. This is according to Genesis Block managing director Chloe White, who spoke at an Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees 2021 ...

ASIC to ease hardline stance

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 27 AUG 2021
The federal government is expecting ASIC to tone down its regulatory powers even though the Hayne Royal Commission exposed its ineffectiveness at enforcing corporate law. Federal treasurer Josh Frydenberg overnight released a new set of expectations ...

Pinnacle hires from Schroders

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 19 AUG 2021
Pinnacle Investment Management has appointed an associate director in its EMEA sales team, hiring from Schroders. James Longman will cover Pinnacle's institutional and wholesale investors across the UK, Europe, Middle East and Africa. Longman joins ...

ETF Securities to list pure play Hydrogen ETF

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 16 AUG 2021
ETF Securities is readying a new ETF that will invest in 30 hydrogen stocks, as it sees the sector benefiting from net-zero emissions commitments. The ETFS Hydrogen ETF will track the Solactive Global Hydrogen ESG Index and invest in stocks of pure ...

Funds valued illiquid asset correctly: ASIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 AUG 2021
Corporate regulator ASIC stopped just short of praising fund managers on how they handled valuing illiquid assets at the height of COVID-19. ASIC found that the responsible entities of the funds were responsive to the increased valuation risks during ...

New retail investors go digital

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 AUG 2021
The popularity of retail investing is continuing to grow with more than 1.43 million unique individuals participating in online trading as interest in cryptocurrency grows, new research shows. The latest Investment Trends 2021 1H Australia Online Investing ...