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New equities fund at Australian Ethical

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 15 OCT 2021
Australian Ethical introduced a new high conviction fund to wholesale clients, investing in a range of sectors including local healthcare, renewables and technology stocks within the S&P ASX 300. The Australian Ethical High Conviction Domestic Equities ...

Super system "frayed": Hume

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 15 OCT 2021
Minister for financial services Jane Hume said that the superannuation system in Australia has frayed edges in need of repairs, during a speech at the World Pension Summit 2021. "And while it's a system that wears three decades of alternations and add-ons ...

BetaShares launches crypto-focused ETF

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 14 OCT 2021
Responding to increasing interest in the crypto space, BetaShares will launch a global equities ETF on the ASX investing in tech stocks. The BetaShares Crypto Innovators ETF is expected to be launched in the coming weeks, the manager said, subject to ...

RIAA, HESTA back key First Nations project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 OCT 2021
Businesses and investors including HESTA and Lendlease have launched an initiative that will focus on strengthening Australia's First People's heritage laws. The First Nations Heritage Protection Alliance, the Global Compact Network Australia (GCNA) ...

GROW Inc ramps up cybersecurity

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 OCT 2021
... value for GROW. The business didn't have to worry about infrastructure, networking or security foundations; it could focus on application development and prepare for its go to market," Yap said. GROW won mandates from Vanguard and Mercy Super to ...

Maple-Brown Abbott hires for new strategy

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 OCT 2021
Maple-Brown Abbott has appointed a global head of emerging markets as it launches a new strategy investing in the space. The boutique hired John Moorhead to the newly created role. He is based in Sydney and will report to chief executive and managing ...

UniSuper net zero efforts accelerated

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 12 OCT 2021
A new three-year renewable electricity deal is set to see the proportion of UniSuper's direct property portfolio that's managed by AMP Capital become carbon neutral almost a decade ahead of target. AMP Capital signed the agreement with SmartestEnergy ...

AMP Capital appoints chair, deputy for Private Markets

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 12 OCT 2021
... first half of 2022. AMP said it expects to make further non-executive appointments to support the planned demerger, with a focus on establishing a private markets board with "strong diversity, governance and business experience and global perspective". ...

EISS Super answers tough questions

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 12 OCT 2021
... conservative view, our view around the MySuper product was to offer a product under our PDS that reflected a more conservative focus. We've probably paid the penalty for having that focus, but it is something we've amended in the last few years," ...

CBA completes review, sued by FWO

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 12 OCT 2021
... success of the plan also hinges on its transition period before returning to business as usual. The transition period has six focus areas including data quality, continuing to improve risk culture and remuneration. In 2017, APRA announced an independent ...