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Super funds back carbon startup

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUN 2021
A new carbon risk management startup backed by Aware Super, Energy Super and Future Super has launched with former AMP chair Catherine Brenner on the board. Emmi will collect and analyse data on carbon emissions to assess businesses' financial risks ...

James Mawhinney files appeal

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUN 2021
Embattled Mayfair 101 founder James Mawhinney is maintaining his innocence, fighting his 20-year ban from soliciting and receiving funds in relation to financial products. Mawhinney has retained Roberts Gray Lawyers and has lodged an appeal with the ...

Chief economist update: Anchoring the recovery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUN 2021
"We have to take the economy through the pandemic and into a recovery phase, which has now started. We need to really anchor the recovery. We always talk about inflation anchoring and we are not oblivious to that. But the recovery needs to be firm ...

Advisers win annual renew law relief

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2021
The federal government will introduce a carve out to help financial advisers to meet their ongoing fee disclosure obligations. Senator Jane Hume announced this evening that advisers will have 60 days to provide clients an estimate of fees they will ...

Schroders Capital adds private assets unit

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2021
Schroders has moved its private assets business under the newly launched Schroders Capital. Schroders Capital comprises the existing range of private equity, securitised products and asset-based finance, private debt, real estate, infrastructure, insurance-linked ...

Fidelity changes up global equities team

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2021
Fidelity Investments' lead portfolio manager for global equities strategies has resigned. Amit Lodha will cede portfolio management responsibilities for funds including the Fidelity Global Equities fund, which is offered to Australian investors ...

Aware Super awards $30bn mandate

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2021
Aware Super has appointed an index solutions provider to take care of its passive equity and fixed income mandates. State Street Global Advisers will now manage about $30 billion in passive strategies for the $145 billion fund. The appointment follows ...

AMP Capital announces new chief executive

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2021
AMP Capital has announced a new chief executive, replacing Boe Pahari who stepped down in August last year. Shawn Johnson has landed the top job. He was previously senior managing director and chairman of the investment committee of State Street Global ...

LIC restructures to ETMF

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUN 2021
In a very rare move, a listed investment company has restructured to become an exchange traded managed fund - listing on the ASX today. The Monash Absolute Investment Company (MA1) has been restructured to become the Monash Absolute Active Trust (MAAT ...

Mergers push member positivity

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUN 2021
The recent merger activity in the superannuation sector is received positively by members but engagement is still underwhelming, new research shows. The latest Investment Trends Super Member Engagement Report showed nearly a third of members see merging ...