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Westpac best for ESG reporting in Australia: Report

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAR 2021
Westpac Banking Corporation has been ranked as among the best in the world for ESG reporting. It was the highest-ranked company in the ASX 50 for levels of transparency on ESG issues, according to the Currie Global ESG Monitor (GEM) study. The positive ...

Former Clime investment chief nabs new role

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2021
Clime's former chief investment officer, who sued Clime and its chief executive Rod Bristow, has moved to MLC Asset Management's multi-asset team. Anthony Golowenko has been appointed portfolio manager in the multi-asset capital markets research ...

VanEck launches new ETFs

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAR 2021
VanEck has expanded its range of ETFs, announcing two new offerings to join its new Global Clean Energy ETF. The VanEck Vectors MSCI International Small Companies Quality ETF (QSML) and VanEck Vectors MSCI International Value ETF (VLUE) will soon commence ...

ASIC drags CommSec to court

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2021
ASIC has commenced civil proceedings against CommSec and AUSIEX in the Federal Court. CommSec overcharged brokerage fees to customers on 120,933 occasions totalling $4,352,194 between August 2010 and February 2020, ASIC alleges and CommSec has admitted. ...

Shock statistics on gender gap on boards

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2021
New data from the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) has revealed that while the pay gap has decreased from 0.6%, women are still significantly underrepresented in leadership. WGEA reported that the national gender pay gap has dropped to 13.4% ...

VanEck readies new ETF

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2021
VanEck will launch a new global equities ETF that tracks 30 listed companies in the clean energy sector. VanEck said it expects the ETF to start trading on the ASX in the coming weeks, subject to regulatory approval under the ticker CLNE, for The VanEck ...

BetaShares launches climate ETF

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2021
The exchange-traded fund (ETF) provider has announced it is set to launch a fund that will provide exposure to companies focused on climate and environmental challenges. The BetaShares Climate Change Innovation ETF (ERTH) will track an index that will ...

AFCA chair under fire

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2021
The woes of Crown Resorts seem far from over, and now scrutiny has turned to executive chair Helen Coonan - with some suggesting she should resign from AFCA before her term as chair ends in May. Today Crown announced that Coonan will be paid an extra ...

Industry fund awards $60m small caps mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2021
A boutique founded by former the small caps team at UBS Asset Management has won a $60 million mandate from a $5.4 billion industry fund. TWUSUPER has selected Eiger Capital for the equities allocation. "This mandate furthers TWUSUPER's plan to ...

BetaShares to launch new fund

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2021
The exchange-traded fund (ETF) provider is set to launch a cloud-computing ETF later this month as it continues to build out its technology offering. The BetaShares Cloud Computing ETF (CLDD) will invest in companies that have taken advantage of the ...