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NGS Super expands leadership

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUL 2023
NGS Super chief executive Natalie Previtera has expanded her leadership team by promoting three more executives to run strategy, investment operations and legal and governance. The promotions follow last week's appointments which saw chief strategy ...

AMP adds three group executive roles

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUL 2023
AMP is expanding its executive leadership as it moves to a flatter organisational structure following its recent divestments. The wealth manager said it will elevate the leadership of its platforms and advice businesses in two new roles on its executive ...

Further tightening of monetary policy may be required: RBA

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUL 2023
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) said the decision to maintain the cash rate at 4.1% was finely balanced with a consideration to hike another 25 basis points. In the July 4 minutes, released this morning, the RBA explained inflation in Australia ...

Hostplus tops up mandate, returns 8% to members

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUL 2023
Hostplus invested an additional $100 million in venture capital projects, while also confirming it returned 8% to members in its MySuper Balanced option. The fund invested a further $100 million with IP Group Australia, via its joint fund. To date ...

TelstraSuper MySuper delivers 9.34%

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUL 2023
Buoyed by the local and global share markets and defying periods of volatility, TelstraSuper's MySuper Balanced option delivered 9.34% in the 2023 financial year. Chief investment officer Graeme Miller said the last financial year provides another example ...

ACCC publishes draft guidance on greenwashing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUL 2023
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has outlined eight principles designed to combat greenwashing by businesses and protect consumers. The ACCC has published a draft guidance to address "concerning conduct" arising from a recent ...

Leigh Watson caps four decades in industry

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUL 2023
After 43 years working in the financial services industry, Leigh Watson feels it's time to step back from full-time work and spend more time with family and friends. Watson left Swiss Re on June 30 after nine years as the head of life & health reinsurance ...

Australian inflation downturn on the horizon: AMP

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUL 2023
Australian inflation will fall over the next six months, according to AMP deputy chief economist Diana Mousina. During an AMP webinar, Mousina noted peak Australian inflation trailed the US by around six months, suggesting a similar delay should be ...

Brighter Super sees double-digit returns

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUL 2023
Brighter Super has reported double-digit returns across several of its investment options for FY23, owing largely to its oversized equities allocations. Brighter Super's MySuper option produced a 12-month return of 10.62%, while its Growth option returned ...

Commonwealth Bank backs Wollemi Capital

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 10 JUL 2023
The bank was a major strategic investor in the investment boutique's recent capital raising, eyeing an opportunity to help its customers better manage their own carbon emissions. Named after the endangered Australian pine tree species, Wollemi Capital ...