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Pinnacle executive director steps back

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2020
Pinnacle Investment Management's Adrian Whittingham is transitioning to a part-time role, with the view of becoming a non-executive director late next year. He requested the change to part-time, the firm said in ASX filings. He will continue to be a ...

HNW platform adds Europe ESG strategy

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2020
Stropro is offering wholesale investors access to a Societe Generale indexed strategy that includes 43 companies expected to benefit from Europe's transition to cleaner energy. The unlisted strategy's holdings include Siemens, Schneider Electric, and ...

Zurich to pay super on parental leave

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2020
... new plan. Employees who are the primary parent will be entitled to 16 weeks' paid leave. In total, they will be able to request up to two years' leave. Importantly, they will continue to receive superannuation contributions on the unpaid component. "The ...

Financial adviser reference checks under scrutiny

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2020
... the adviser has been attached to in the last five years is more appropriate. ASIC is proposing that licensees be able to request more than one reference from a referring licensee before offering employment to an adviser. In providing an additional reference ...

AustralianSuper net-zero promise flawed: MarketForces

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2020
... and 2), but these are not included in AustralianSuper's portfolio emissions." AustralianSuper did not respond to a request for comment on its short-term decarbonisation targets, plans to exit oil and gas, and if coal and mining investments are excluded ...

Shipton's tax bill under scrutiny

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2020
The Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) has answered questions in regards to the remuneration of ASIC chair James Shipton and former deputy chair Daniel Crennan. At the parliamentary joint committee on corporations and financial services, chair ...

Chief economist update: V for vaccine

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2020
... world equity markets from New York to Rio and ol' London town on the up and up and up. Pfizer and BioNTech are set to request FDA approval for emergency use authorization by the end of the month. Jingle bells, jingle bells... This comes immediately ...

Rest climate case dismissed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2020
The Federal Court case brought by Mark McVeigh against the $57 billion industry super fund has been dismissed. The case was scheduled to be heard today but Justice Perram ordered that by consent the case was to be dismissed. McVeigh and Rest have been ...

Challenger shareholders revolt against remuneration

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2020
... insurer MS&AD (14.95%) and Caledonia (14.64%). Caledonia's chief investment officer Will Vicars did not respond to a request for comment.

ANZ sees profits plummet, plans to exit thermal coal

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2020
ANZ has felt the wrath of the pandemic, reporting a 42% loss on cash profit in its full year results as it tries to protect itself from future credit losses. It has also updated its climate policy, saying it will exit thermal coal by 2030. The bank's ...