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US bonds present ESG problem

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2019
Schroders' global head of stewardship believes ESG-focused investors should exercise caution before investing in US corporate bonds. Schroders global head of stewardship Jessica Ground told a media briefing in Sydney recently that some US corporate ...

Increasing SG costly for middle Australia: Grattan

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2019
Lifting the Superannuation Guarantee will make middle-income earners poorer over their entire lifetime, new Grattan Institute research shows. Raising the SG from 9.5% to 12% would see a 30-year-old worker fork out $30,000 over their lifetime, Grattan ...

Putting Members' Interests First Bill reintroduced

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2019
Legislation that prevents trustees from providing opt-out insurance to new members under 25 and low balance account holders was reintroduced in Parliament overnight. The Treasury Laws Amendment (Putting Members' Interests First) Bill 2019, which was ...

Super fund bolsters leadership

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2019
A superannuation fund targeting ethical investors and millennials has announced two C-suite promotions. Future Super has a new chief operating officer in Leigh Dunlop, who has been promoted from her role as head of people and culture. Dunlop has been ...

Spire Capital hires director

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2019
Spire Capital has welcomed a director who will be responsible for developing partnerships with its family office and high-net-worth client base. Stuart Haigh commenced as a director of the $700 million boutique on July 1. Part of his responsibilities ...

Xplore Wealth launches new solution

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2019
In its first major move since rebranding, Xplore Wealth launched a new wrap platform. The first major product initiative since shedding its managedaccounts.com.au branding earlier this year, Xplore Wrap is Xplore Wealth's new platform offering to advisers ...

Industry fund secures stake in asset manager

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2019
A $1.5 billion industry superannuation fund acquired a minority stake in an international asset manager. Christian Super has taken a minority shareholding in responsibility Investments AG, a leading impact asset manager headquartered in Zurich. According ...

UK fund manager appoints local lead

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2019
... and the energy sector. Prior to joining Hastings as an associate director on 2016, Nguyen spent more than seven years at Origin Energy, including a stint in strategy with the company's solar and emerging businesses arm. Foresight head of infrastructure ...

Super figures point to NSW victory

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2019
If superannuation performance figures mean anything in the world of rugby league, the Blues will win the Origin opener tonight. Just hours before the Blues and Maroons begin the annual battle for rugby league supremacy at Brisbane's Suncorp Stadium ...

Macquarie Securities cops ASIC penalty

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2019
... ASIC said. This incorrect or missing information included: capacity (if Macquarie was acting as a principal or agent), origin (a notation to identify the person on whose instructions Macquarie was acting) and intermediary (AFSL number of an intermediary ...