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Tim Wilson grills NAB on super ownership

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 9 SEP 2021
Liberal MP Tim Wilson has grilled National Australia Bank chief executive Ross McEwan on whether super funds have undue influence over Australian banks, as funds own larger portions of the ASX. Wilson asked NAB whether super funds, as shareholders ...

Life insurer wins RAC mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 27 AUG 2021
A boutique life insurer has won a mandate from the Royal Automobile Club of Western Australia. NobleOak chief executive Anthony Brown said the partnership is an important strategic milestone for the insurer. "Distribution agreements with strategic partners ...

ASIC to ease hardline stance

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 27 AUG 2021
The federal government is expecting ASIC to tone down its regulatory powers even though the Hayne Royal Commission exposed its ineffectiveness at enforcing corporate law. Federal treasurer Josh Frydenberg overnight released a new set of expectations ...

No all-male boards in ASX 200

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 26 AUG 2021
For the first time ever, there are now no all-male boards within Australia's top 200 companies. The milestone comes as the final two companies with all-male boards, both mining companies, appointed female non-executive directors to their boards this ...

Future Fund boasts 22.2% returns

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 26 AUG 2021
... Deputy chief investment officers Wendy Norris said looking to the future, it is going to be "slightly harder to achieve our mandate returns". She added that the fund's level of equity allocation right now is not at the all-time high "We are not seeking ...

AustralianSuper appoints head of equities

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 26 AUG 2021
... "We have a fantastic internal team of investment professionals together with some outstanding external partners. With a mandate to expand globally it is an exciting time to be leading the team," Pascoe said. AustralianSuper has some $53 billion invested ...

Stockspot hires from Vanguard

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 AUG 2021
The robo-advice business has appointed a head of superannuation and partnerships, hiring from Vanguard. Enid Lal started in the newly created role on August 16. She will lead product initiatives to support Stockspot's direct clients including SMSFs ...

Dealer group awards mandate

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 AUG 2021
A dealer group has moved a large global equities mandate to a boutique fund manager. Easton Wealth licensee GPS has the global equities mandate for its CARE portfolios to Insync Funds Management. Insync also said it recently secured support from one ...

Super unit boosts Equity Trustees performance

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 20 AUG 2021
Equity Trustees' major superannuation client wins in the last financial year saw the business unit more than triple its assets. The superannuation business' funds grew from $11.2 billion to $33.6 billion year on year. It now provides trustee services ...

BlackRock adds to APAC leadership

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 AUG 2021
BlackRock has named the head of iShares and index investments for Asia Pacific, promoting from within. Peter Loehnert has been appointed to the role, which is based in Hong Kong, and will be responsible for iShares' ETF market share and adoption ...