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ANZ to purchase Suncorp Bank for $4.9bn

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 18 JUL 2022
... the leadership of Steve Johnston and Clive van Horen and believe Suncorp Bank is a natural fit with ANZ given its culture, risk appetite and customer focus." Suncorp Bank will continue to be led by van Horen, who will report to Elliott and join ANZ's ...

Rate rise exposes adviser knowledge gap

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2022
... are concerned that few of those left will be able to effectively manage their clients' needs. According to Rainmaker analysis of ASIC FAR data, there are currently 17,121 financial advisers left in the industry, and close to 1400 have left the industry ...

Failing Asgard super option to close

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 SEP 2021
... comparison for a blue-collar worker isn't quite as simple due to varied occupation types, comparing members in the high-risk option suggests the same standard level of cover will cost an Asgard member significantly more once they join BT, rising ...

YFYS test results not a fair representation: Frontier

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2021
... to investment performance, such as insurance and service delivery, for members to consider. Not incorporating a more complete set of variables could, and we would argue will, lead to confusion in some cases." Frontier is concerned the test results are ...

Government merges advice reviews

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 APR 2021
... Treasury's new remit, it will consider the breadth of issues impacting the quality and affordability of financial advice and risk advice, she said. "This will mean that once ASIC finishes its data-collection phase, this information will be provided to ...

Sunsuper, QSuper members ask for better climate disclosures

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2021
... actions it is taking towards the net zero promise. In particular, they want to know: the timeline in which QSuper will complete the promised carbon exposure analysis of its portfolio, a detailed list of stocks the fund holds and will analyse, the strategy ...

Asset managers move to ESG

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2021
... outperformed during the pandemic." Globally, nearly a third of investors with over $200 billion of assets believed climate risk will have the greatest impact on how a firm invests over the next three to five years, followed by disruptive technologies ...

Funds' net-zero ambitions collide with Santos

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2020
... invested in the company have made declarations on climate change that don't match their actions. According to Rainmaker analysis, as of 30 September 2020, Aware Super had $93 million invested in Santos representing 0.52% of the fund's Australian ...

Risk but no reward in institutional equities portfolios

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2020
... Northern Trust Asset Management peeked into the equities portfolios of 200 institutional managers and found nearly 66% of the risk they took didn't yield rewards. The quant manager studied 200 portfolios (1000 strategies totaling $200 billion plus in ...

Perpetual launches two ESG funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020
... companies." "This fits comfortably with Perpetual Investments' focus on fundamental research and analysis of quality, value and risk." Perpetual acquired Trillium for $63.8 million in a transaction announced on January 31 and completed on June 30. ...