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HESTA hires growth executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 9 SEP 2021
... addition to his role at HESTA, Mitchell-Adams serves as director of operations at sustainability fintech World Wide Generation.

AZ NGA takes stake in boutique

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 SEP 2021
AZ Next Generation Advisory acquired a minority stake in Cranage Financial Group to assist in building scale. Cranage Financial Group is a self-licensed advisory firm with $300 million in funds under management, $2 million in annual in-force life insurance ...

Should super funds consider crypto assets?

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2021
... "That's this transition from an industrial economy to a digital economy. Blockchain cryptocurrencies are these next generation digital economic infrastructure," he explained. It's not that the assets do not come with a speculative nature and ...

Short-termism damaging climate outcomes

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2021
Despite responsible investing becoming the new normal, a panel of experts have argued that short-term thinking is allowing companies to get away with actions that are out of line with action on climate change. Speaking at the Australian Institute of ...

Cracking the data science code

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2021
... never know. And these are all reasons why model uncertainty exists; we just don't know the true underlying data-generation process," she said. "We are just estimating, and we're guessing, and it doesn't matter how complicated your model is ...

Forrest pitches a green Fortescue to super funds

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2021
... control. It estimates scope 3 commissions to be 244.5 million tonnes of CO2-e in FY20. Fortescue's stationary power generation makes about 30% of its operational emissions. This includes the power it generates (scope 1), as well third-party power ...

Equal Pay Day offers sobering reminder

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2021
This Equal Pay Day has provided a reminder that many Australian women will face financial hardship - especially in old age - if equality of pay is not addressed. The gender pay gap in Australia grew over the last year, Aware Super chief executive Deanne ...

Pandemic stokes investor appetite

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 24 AUG 2021
... growing confidence in the economic outlook and an increased appreciation of financial security. It also found that Generation X and Baby Boomers are leading the current charge, mostly in the US. However, Australian and New Zealand investors have the ...

Walsh Capital signs four fund managers

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2021
Former Future Generation chief executive Louise Walsh, who started her own fund marketing business last month, has signed four new clients. Walsh Capital will raise funds and manage investor engagement for five new funds: Contact Asset Management's ...

Advised clients 5.2% better off

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 AUG 2021
The help of a financial adviser has been able to boost a client's portfolio by 5.2% per annum, according to new research. The fourth annual Russell Investments Value of an Adviser Report found that advisers' biggest contribution to clients is their ...