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Fears grow around greenwashing litigation protections

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 NOV 2023
Treasury's proposed three-year moratorium on private litigation related to Scope 3 reporting as part of its proposed mandatory climate-related financial disclosure package has raised fears that it would give companies the green light to greenwash. ...

Betashares launches currency-hedged FTSE 100 ETF

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 31 OCT 2023
Betashares has launched its FTSE 100 Currency Hedged ETF (H100) on the ASX, to provide local investors exposure to global blue-chip companies. According to Betashares, the ETF will track the performance of the AUD currency-hedged FTSE 100 Index, before ...

EG grows private wealth strategy

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2023
Following its decision to tap into the private debt market, EG Funds (EG) has appointed a director of business development to expand its fast-growing private wealth division. EG Private Wealth, spearheaded by director Rodney Walt, partners with private ...

TAL makes leadership changes

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2023
Life insurer TAL has rejigged its executive lineup, seeing new leaders for the group life and retirement, individual life, and technology units. Chief claims officer Jenny Oliver is now the chief executive of group life and retirement. She is responsible ...

Mortgage holders, retailers relax after rate pause

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 AUG 2023
Mortgage holders and retailers breathed a resounding sigh of relief when the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) steadied the cash rate for the second month in a row. In leaving the base rate at 4.1%, the RBA signalled that its monetary policy strategy ...

AustralianSuper grows global team with numerous hires

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 1 AUG 2023
AustralianSuper has bolstered its team with senior appointments in the UK, recruiting talent from J.P. Morgan, BNP Paribas, and Macquarie Group. AustralianSuper appointed John Normand as head of investment strategy for Europe; Sujay Shah has taken on ...

Commonwealth Super Corp appoints chief customer officer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 10 JUL 2023
A new chief customer officer has been named at Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation (CSC), bringing experience in financial advice, super and insurance. Adam Nettheim has taken on the role, a promotion from his prior role as executive manager, customer ...

VanEck reduces fees on NUGG

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 29 MAY 2023
VanEck has dropped the management fees for its Gold Bullion ETF (NUGG) from 0.39% to 0.25% p.a. The ETF, which launched in December last year, is physically backed by gold bullion sourced from Australian gold producers. VanEck Asia Pacific managing ...

AustralianSuper hires investment lead in Europe

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2023
AustralianSuper's head of allocation and research is the latest executive to relocate to the asset owner's burgeoning London office. After eight years working at the $250 billion super fund, Carl Astorri has been appointed head of investments ...

The seven global megatrends to watch: CSIRO

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 27 MAR 2023
CSIRO senior research consultant Dr Claire Naughtin shared findings from the research house's latest Our Future World Report at the Conference of Major Superannuation Funds (CMSF) last week, highlighting seven global megatrends to keep an eye on. The ...