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APRA champions flexible financial technology regulation

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2022
APRA chair Wayne Byres has espoused the importance of getting the Australian regulatory balance right with a clear plan, flexible approach and coordinated response. In a speech to the American Chamber of Commerce in Australia, Byres said that global ...

Key investor trends unveiled in latest IFM report

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2022
Industry superannuation fund owned IFM Investors has today released a report which expects decarbonisation to accelerate, with the energy transition driving greater investment in emission reduction programs. The report, Resilience and Transition: Infrastructure ...

Lazard AM chief executive to retire

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2022
The chief executive of Lazard Asset Management is set to retire after 20 years in the role, with a successor named. Ashish Bhutani has decided to retire as chief executive of the asset management business to pursue philanthropic and personal interests ...

Alphinity lowers global equities fund fees

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2022
The Fidante boutique is lowering the fees on two of its global equity funds from May. Management fees on the Alphinity Global Equity Fund and the Alphinity Global Sustainable Fund will be reduced from 1.00% to 0.75%, inclusive of GST and net of RITC. ...

Magellan suffers $1bn in outflows

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2022
Magellan experienced $1.1 billion in net outflows from March 11 to March 31. The outflows were made up of $500 million in retail outflows and $600 million in institutional outflows. The fund manager also announced to the ASX that it has received notification ...

Boys' clubs cost companies: Study

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2022
A new study from Realindex has revealed that higher female executive participation improves company performance, while creating potential returns for investors. Based on a global data set of 2500 large cap companies in 30 countries, tracking performance ...

Tax Practitioners Board adds two new members

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2022
Assistant treasurer of the Tax Practitioners Board (TPB), Michael Sukkar, has appointed Andrew Conway and Steven Dobson to the board for a three-year period starting from 30 March 2022. Conway is chief executive and a fellow of the Institute of Public ...

Consumer confidence rises as inflation expectations drop

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2022
This week ANZ-Roy Morgan consumer confidence increased by 2.3 points to 93.4 after petrol prices dropped approximately 30 cents per litre. But consumer confidence is still 14.3 points below its level from the same week a year ago. Consumer confidence ...

REI Super appoints to board

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2022
REI Super has added two financial services veterans to its board, with one joining as deputy chair. Geoff Peck and Craig Dunstan joined the super fund's board this month as independent directors, with Peck also appointed deputy chair. Peck has held ...

Cbus creates head of investment options role

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2022
Cbus has appointed a head of investment options, a newly created role designed to support the fund's internalisation of the option rebalancing process. Ciaran McBride steps into the new position. He will be responsible for ensuring that all investment ...