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Cbus hires from VFMC for key ESG role

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUL 2024
... also serving on the investment leadership team to develop the investor's strategy and focus on impact. This was her second stint at VFMC, having previously served as stewardship head. Williams said she was "delighted" to now join a "domestically ...

Rest awards private equity mandate to TowerBrook Capital

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 22 JUL 2024
... interests, to provide a financial return, with a secondary aim of generating social and or environmental return. This is Rest's second private equity impact investment, following its commitment to a pooled buyout fund run by European private equity firm ...

Wealth managers rev up for Lifeline, Starlight

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2024
The Berry Motorfair returns this year with the aim of raising $150,000 for Lifeline Australia and the Starlight Children's Foundation. The event will be held on November 24 at the Coolangatta Estate Winery in Shoalhaven Heads, New South Wales. The ...

RBA needs to 'rip the band-aid off' and hike rates: VanEck

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2024
... off." Chesler said in addition to the low unemployment rate it was unlikely that wage growth will fall by much when the second quarter wage growth numbers are published in August. "Aggregate wages growth, which haven't been supported by productivity ...

Group insurance cheaper by 25%: Rainmaker

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2024
... insurer with a 42% share of the overall market. It has 52% foothold of NFP funds and 10% in the retail sector. AIA comes in second place with a 27% market share but has 50% of the retail sector. In third spot, MetLife has 14% market share.

Vanguard Super's default option delivers 13.2% return

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2024
... balance at retirement," Burns said. Further, Vanguard Super said it is on track to hit the $1.5 billion milestone by its second anniversary.

Platinum ends FY24 with $13bn FUM

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2024
... investment gains it calculates to be between $9 million and $11 million. Platinum did not earn any performance fees in the second half of FY24. This time last year, Platinum had $18.1 billion in FUM and made $81 million in after-tax profit. The recent ...

Australia climbs global wealth ranks

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2024
Australia has moved up the ranks in the UBS Global Wealth Report, rising from third place to second in terms of median wealth per adult, sitting just below Luxembourg. In 2023 wealth growth across the world recovered from its 3% contraction the previous ...

Government lifts funding to preserve banking in the Pacific

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2024
The government will inject an additional $6.3 million to curb the rapid withdrawal of banking services in the Pacific. The funding includes $2.9 million to the World Bank for developing digital identity infrastructure across Pacific Island countries ...

Adviser permanently banned for faking qualifications

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2024
... again between March 2022 and March 2023, however the ASIC Financial Adviser Register (ASIC FAR) was updated to remove the second appointment after the firm became aware of Vee's misconduct. He was previously licensed through Maven Capital for two ...