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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 ...

Clime launches new SMA portfolios

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2020
Clime Investment Management has launched four new separately managed account portfolios to help diversify self-directed investors' wealth amid skyrocketing volatility. Investors can now access Clime's balanced (35% defensive, 65% growth), growth ...

JP Morgan's coronavirus contingency plan

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2020
Global investing powerhouse JP Morgan has started testing out its coronavirus contingency plan, in case the virus develops into a global pandemic. Thousands of the bank's US employees have been asked to spend a day working from home in the coming ...

Women rule ESG, but gap remains

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2020
Responsible investing is the rare field of financial services dominated by women. It's also growing at a rapid rate, but challenges remain. The field has dramatically evolved over the past decade, as ESG roles, once focused on communication and ...

HUB24 appoints interim chief financial officer

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2020
Wealth management platform HUB24 has appointed a new interim chief financial officer and joint company secretary following the incumbent's resignation in December last year. Debbie Last has nabbed the role, effective today, and brings with her 25 years ...

WealthO2 appoints national BDM

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2020
Wealth management platform WealthO2 has appointed a national business development manager, set to build awareness of the quickly growing service. Former Lonsec senior BDM, Greg Schapkaitz, has nabbed the newly created role, and will report directly ...

Morningstar boosts financial planning capabilities

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2020
Morningstar will acquire a Canadian financial planning and risk-profiling software firm, in a bid to expand its advice capabilities world-wide. Morningstar has acquired PlanPlus Global, whose FinaMetrica Profiler risk software is currently available ...

Investment firm nabs former BlackRock fundie

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2020
A specialist real estate investment manager has appointed a former BlackRock fund manager to its board, in what comes as her directorial debut. Danielle Carter will serve as an independent non-executive director on the boards of both APN Property Group ...

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 ...

Gender diversity remains static, women still disadvantaged

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2020
The state of play for women in financial services remains dramatically disadvantaged. According to Morningstar's latest report on Women in Investing, gender diversity in funds management hasn't changed over the past two decades. "When it comes to gender ...