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Christian Super appoints new chief investment officer

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2020
Christian Super chief investment officer Tim Macready is stepping down after 15 years with the $3 billion fund. Macready is moving on to focus on his work with impact investment firm Brightlight. Mark Rider will be stepping into the chief investment ...

Regulatory, legal exam questions trip up advisers

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2020
FASEA has revealed the areas that financial advisers struggle with in the exam - with regulatory and legal questions presenting a challenge. In the June FASEA exam results for the first time the authority has provided some feedback from the exam data ...

ESG funds crowned winners of COVID-19 crisis

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2020
Australasian sustainable funds attracted inflows worth more than $207 million in the second quarter of 2020, with Australian Ethical and Dimensional reaping the majority of these rewards. Morningstar's latest Global Sustainable Fund Flows report, which ...

UK pension fund to go net zero

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2020
The UK's National Employment Savings Trust, known as NEST, will immediately shift close to half of its entire portfolio to climate aware strategies and begin divesting from companies involved in thermal coal, oil sands and arctic drilling. NEST ...

Debt vulture crackdown welcome

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2020
One of Australia's big banks has cracked down on "debt vultures" - businesses or individuals that claim to assist those struggling with debt but actually rake in big fees. National Australia Bank said it will no longer deal with unlicensed, fee-charging ...

Australian Ethical adds to executive team

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2020
Australian Ethical Investments has appointed two new executives in newly created roles, adding a chief strategy and innovation officer and chief customer officer. Marion Enander will step into the role of chief strategy and innovation officer, while ...

Diversity screening option launched

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2020
Nucleus Wealth has introduced a diversity screening option for investors to strike companies from their portfolio that do not have gender diversity in their management. The wealth manager introduced the screen off the back of diversity issues that have ...

FASEA confirms 2021 exams

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2020
FASEA has confirmed the exam schedule for 2021, after the extension was passed. The authority will run six exam sittings in 2021 at metropolitan and regional locations around Australia. "We have seen a strong performance by most advisers sitting the ...

Perpetual slashes fees

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2020
The $28.4 billion investment manager will slash fees on nine of its fixed income funds and investment offerings, effective from October this year. Perpetual Investments general manager global distribution Adam Quaife said the management fee reduction ...

US considers restricting ESG in pensions

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2020
The US Department of Labor (DOL) is considering imposing strict rules on how pension funds invest, which could see the scope for ethical and responsible investing limited. The DOL has proposed an amendment to the Employee Retirement Income Security ...