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CBA appoints chief economist

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2020
Commonwealth Bank has appointed a new chief economist, set to take on the new role in addition to his responsibilities as the bank's head of global economic and markets research. Stephen Halmarick nabbed the new role this week, having been with ...

YBR national advice lead moves to Interprac

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020
Former Yellow Brick Road national advice manager Sharon Walker has moved to Interprac as part of its acquisition of the YBR advice business. Walker moved into the role of practice development manager at Interprac in March. Interprac managing director ...

Super funds' dirty, poor performing stocks revealed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2020
New research has revealed the 22 ASX 300 companies - many of which super funds have exposure to - that are polluters and haven't performed well this year. Activist group Market Forces released a new report today, titled Out of line out of time ...

Super fund calls social media companies to action

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020
... Twitter to strengthen controls over objectionable content. NZ Super said around one year on from the March 15 attack, a group of investors have signed an open letter to the respective companies expressing dissatisfaction with their response. NZ Super ...

Diversity should not exclude white men: Thinking Ahead

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2020
... think of who I am I don't sit at home thinking, 'I'm so diverse'. Diversity is something you experience in a group; it's not an individual concept." The concept of identity, Hall believes, can bring people on board with diversity ...

Small administrator eyes large funds

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2020
Brisbane-based superannuation administrator IFAA is ready to broaden its focus beyond the mostly small and medium super funds it typically serves, as the addition of a new shareholder bolsters the firm. Almost half of the equity in Brisbane-based superannuation ...

Super women: Female-led funds on top

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2020
Super funds with female trustees and female leaders can boost their member's super by $100,000 over their working life. That's according to the latest data coming out of Rainmaker Information, which found that female-led funds with MySuper products ...

EQT bolsters board

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2020
Equity Trustees has appointed an award-winning women's advocate and current RBA director to its board. Carol Schwartz has joined EQT's board as a non-executive director. Schwartz is currently a non-executive director on the boards of the Reserve ...

TAL loses super fund mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2020
TAL has lost a group insurance mandate following a comprehensive review by the super fund's trustee. Members of Freedom of Choice, an offering under the AMG Super umbrella, have been notified that TAL will no longer provide their group insurance ...

Unsatisfied HESTA members head for exit

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2020
... ambition and will be assisted by the deduction of carbon sinks. HESTA and Hermes Equity Ownership Services were part of a group of BP shareholders which applied significant pressure to the company to act on climate change. "I was a bit confused that ...