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CFS joins firms in net zero alignment

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2021
... joined as a signatory to the industry-led, United Nations-convened Net-Zero Banking Alliance. Goldman Sachs announced in March it is aligning its financing activities with a net zero pathway by 2050 and will set interim targets by the end of 2021 with ...

Westpac director stands down

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 OCT 2021
... recently appointed Catherine McGrath to lead its New Zealand business following its commitment to retain the division. In March, the bank flagged that it was in early stages of reviewing Westpac New Zealand as regulatory requirements in New Zealand became ...

Ex-Pengana staff launch boutique

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 21 OCT 2021
... investment officer Jordan Cvetanovski and managing director Steven Glass have set up shop following their surprise exodus in March. Former Pengana executive director of business strategy and distribution Joy Yacoub left in May and has become Pella's ...

Lakehouse Capital co-founder to depart

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 21 OCT 2021
... investment firm is bidding farewell to its chief investment officer and co-founder. Joe Magyer will return to the US in March 2022 after nine years in Australia in order to be closer to his family. He first came to Australia as portfolio manager for ...

Abrdn launches new strategy

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 OCT 2021
... strategy that targets a strong negative correlation to equities and a beta to the MSCI World Index of -0.6 or lower. In March 2020 when the MSCI World Index fell 13.23%, during volatility sparked by the pandemic, the GRM Strategy returned +34.62%. "Returns ...

Montgomery adds to global strategy

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 19 OCT 2021
... Global Small and Mid Cap Fund will be available to investors on October 21 following the partnership between both firms in March. The new fund is an open-ended trust with a minimum initial investment of $25,000 and provides investors access to 25 to ...

ASIC commences proceedings against Diversa

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 11 OCT 2021
... of The Australian Dealer Group and Bhandari involving its superannuation fund. Bhandari was permanently banned by ASIC in March 2021 after an investigation found he was giving personal advice while only authorised to give general advice and was prioritising ...

Westpac New Zealand names chief executive

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 24 SEP 2021
... management expertise." The appointment comes after Westpac backed out of its demerger plans for the New Zealand division. In March, the bank flagged that it was in early stages of reviewing Westpac New Zealand (WNZL) as regulatory requirements in New ...

Mason Stevens grows distribution team

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 SEP 2021
... manager, and senior relationship manager. He spent the last three years at Macquarie as business development manager. In March, Mason Stevens hired David Johnson as a sales director based in Melbourne. Johnson spent over four years at Challenger as state ...

Colonial First State faces penalties for MySuper conduct

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 SEP 2021
... 21 July 2016. The Royal Commission referred the conduct to ASIC in February 2019 and ASIC filed the case a year later, in March 2020. A few months later, in July 2020, APRA imposed licence conditions on CFSL [which continue and were for separate matters ...