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NGS Super divests oil, gas producers

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2022
NGS Super has divested from more than $190 million in oil and gas exploration and production companies, predominantly Woodside and Santos. The divestment is in line with the fund's announced target of a 35% reduction of Scope 1 and Scope 2 carbon ...

Hejaz Financial Services, GBST provide online calculators

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2022
... Digital, this three-year engagement is its first Islamic banking client. Hejaz has implemented calculators for insurance needs, extra repayments, offset, borrowing power, retirement adequacy, savings plans, stamp duty, insurance adequacy, and rent vs ...

Certe acquires Genesis Financial Partners

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2022
Certe has acquired Genesis Financial Partners with a vision to create a large, integrated professional services firm with over 20 staff and nine advisers. Under the deal the specialist insurance advisory firm has acquired 60% of Genesis upfront and ...

Ministers told to divest shareholdings

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2022
Under a new code of conduct introduced by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, federal ministers must divest any direct investments held outside of a public superannuation fund, listed managed funds and some trust arrangements. The code of conduct for ministers ...

RBA raises interest rates again

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2022
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has increased the cash rate by 50 basis points, ramping up its efforts to quash runaway inflation. RBA governor Phillip Lowe stayed the course with his assessment that while the Australian economy remained resilient ...

Vanguard appoints head of ESG product

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2022
UniSuper governance and sustainability manager Sybil Dixon is departing the fund after 14 years to join Vanguard. Dixon will join Vanguard in August as head of ESG product, a Vanguard spokesperson confirmed to sister publication FS Sustainability. UniSuper ...

MLC Life enhances income product range

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2022
... Additionally, customers who hold their policy inside super can access a certificate of disability for unemployment at no extra cost. This means, that if customers are unemployed when making a claim and don't satisfy the relevant condition of release ...

Wendy Whiteley makes $100m contribution to NSW

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2022
Wendy Whiteley's collection of her late husband Brett Whiteley's artworks will be donated posthumously to the Art Gallery of NSW in an extraordinary cultural gift to the people of NSW. The promised Wendy and Arkie Whiteley Bequest comprises of nearly ...

Life Code update expands consumer protections

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2022
... health exclusions in new contracts. People with a mental health condition will also be treated as vulnerable and provided extra support. Meanwhile, vulnerable customers experiencing family violence will also be given greater support, including a requirement ...

Active Super kickstarts reward program

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2022
... Australians to top up their super every time they shop. It's a chance for people with lower balances to contribute and get extra funds into their super." Active's new loyalty shopping program is the latest example of boutique public sector funds' ...