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Implemented Portfolios adds to board

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2020
... Dimensional Fund Advisers, where he was vice president and portfolio manager. Garth currently sits on the investment committee of advice firms Warr Hunt and Sherrin Partners. He was on the faculty of the University of New South Wales, teaching and researching ...

Shipton's tax bill under scrutiny

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2020
... regards to the remuneration of ASIC chair James Shipton and former deputy chair Daniel Crennan. At the parliamentary joint committee on corporations and financial services, chair of the committee Senator James Paterson asked auditor general Grant Hehir ...

Chief economist update: Vaccine optimism sparks AUD resurgence

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2020
... outlook. Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) governor Philip Lowe thought as much. In his address at the annual dinner of the Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA), the governor declared that: "It is certainly possible that the economy will ...

AustralianSuper executive joins boutique

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2020
... Berger will be responsible for managing and growing funds under management, and has a seat on the firm's steering committee. Most recently serving as AustralianSuper's investment director for real estate (Europe), he was responsible for a portfolio ...

Former HESTA chair joins Assemble

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2020
... Trustees, Frontier Advisors, Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) and serves as an expert advisor on the HESTA Impact Committee. She is also chair of Suicide Prevention Australia, where she is an advocate for national leadership in suicide prevention. ...

AMP Capital shutters Aussie equities fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2020
... ESG and investment stewardship is appointed. Dr Ian Woods continues in his role as chair of the Ethical Leaders ethics committee. Senior sustainable investment analyst Camille Wynter will leave at the end of January for an external role.

Cashwerkz director departs

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2020
Cashwerkz has announced the retirement of a long-serving non-executive director. Nathan Leman had been on the board since 2010 and took responsibility for the design and implementation of the corporate infrastructure including IT projects. Throughout ...

Audit inquiry overlooks vertical integration

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2020
... recommendations on how the quality of audits in Australia can be improved. Some of the issues the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services delved into included looking at potential conflicts of interests that arise in providing ...

SASB appoints Australian advisor

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2020
... Climate Disclosure Standards Board and the Global Forum on Sustainability and is chair of Group of 100's sustainability committee. Jeyaretnam is also an adjunct professor at the University of Southern Queensland and works on the community and industry ...

Pension funds told to practice what they preach

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2020
... is sufficient counterweight offered by management. Increase the diversity of the management board and the investment committee and thus increase the knowledge about responsible investment," she advised. "Finally, formally establish relevant responsibilities ...