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Macquarie unveils green ambitions in New York

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2019
... market countries, overcoming historically weaker climate finance flows in those nations. Many of the projects are set to be backed by power purchase agreements with corporate clients, Macquarie added. As a member of the Climate Finance Leadership Initiative ...

Bennelong boutique scores first insto mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2019
... Quay's first institutional client," Avant chief investment officer John Lucey said in a statement. "We have regularly backed new boutique managers and believe that our portfolio benefits greatly by being early adopters of high quality managers such ...

La Trobe Financial expands executive team

KRISTI CHENG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2019
... institutes and structured finance rating department. Following this, he worked with the National Australia Bank as head of asset backed securities and structured credit operations in Melbourne. La Trobe Financial chief executive Greg O'Neill expressed ...

Super funds recognised in UNPRI awards

KRISTI CHENG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2019
... UNPRI. The inaugural PRI Awards have been presented, highlighting individually excellent projects across the United Nations-backed Principles for Responsible Investment's signatory base. The only Australian fund to receive an award, First State Super ...

CFS slashes trail commissions on some funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2019
... into effect August 1. The financial advice industry is inching towards a complete phase out of grandfathered commissions, backed by the federal treasurer Josh Frydenberg, who last month introduced legislation to end them by 2021. The banking Royal Commission's ...

Chief economist update: What price Australian budget surplus?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2019
... the Budget Papers 2019-2020, Australia's underlying cash balance would be A$7.1 billion (0.4% of GDP) in the black - backed by assumptions that GDP would grow by 2.75% (1.8% in the year to the March 2019 quarter); the unemployment rates at 5.0% (5.2% ...

Best online brokers revealed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2019
... Peker explained the satisfaction results are significant because it shows the big banks are facing stiff competition. "Bank-backed brokers are facing strong competition from established independent brokers such as Bell Direct, CMC Markets and Interactive ...

Kogan Super launches

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2019
Kogan's low-cost, online-led superannuation fund backed by Mercer Australia has launched today. The two firms flagged their partnership to launch Kogan Super late last year, promising a "new no frills, ultra-low fee" offering that will disrupt the ...

Super sector needs to end culture war

KRISTI CHENG  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2019
... their financial influence to pressure listed companies their super funds is invested in. Citing the example that the ACTU-backed Maritime Union has put "undue pressure" on BHP and BlueScope through a super fund, the repeated government comments that ...

Sovereign wealth fund plans Ancestry.com retreat

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2019
... companies as the public markets offered up fewer IPO and other opportunities. Australia's $150 billion Future Fund backed a California-based tech startup in June.