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Qantas Super, CEFC back new ESG fund

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2022
Qantas Super and the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) have made a combined $100 million investment in the Ellerston 2050 Fund. The open-ended, wholesale fund, managed by Ellerston Capital will invest solely in companies that afford consumers ...

Equity Story plans to throw finfluencers a lifeline

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2022
... marked the first step towards a wider mission, adding that Equity Story is in discussions with several popular personal finance commentators and "finfluencers" to onboard them as authorised representatives of its licence, following ASIC's warning ...

Young Australians more 'super savvy': Equip

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2022
Young Australians are thinking much more about their financial plans than previously, according to an Equipsuper survey. Almost half of the surveyed young Australians (18-34 years old) saw super as being more important now than since the start of the ...

Ministers told to divest shareholdings

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2022
Under a new code of conduct introduced by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, federal ministers must divest any direct investments held outside of a public superannuation fund, listed managed funds and some trust arrangements. The code of conduct for ministers ...

Natalie Cameron named AFCA lead ombudsman

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2022
... The Australian Financial Complaints Authority has appointed Natalie Cameron as its new lead ombudsman for banking and finance. Cameron moves into the position from her current appointment as lead ombudsman for investments and advice at AFCA. She has ...

Australian corporate debt dwindles: Janus Henderson

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2022
... mindset." According to the Janus Henderson report, "debt in moderation is a good thing." The report said: "As a rule, equity finance is more expensive than debt. Debt is cheaper partly because interest expense is tax-deductible, so debt is a tax-efficient ...

UK regulator appoints Camille Blackburn to leadership team

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2022
... recruits hired between January and the end of July this year. The regulator named Roma Pearson as director of consumer finance, Matthew Long as director of payments and digital assets, Karen Baxter as director of strategy, policy, international and intelligence. ...

MSCI launches emissions measuring tool

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2022
MSCI has launched Total Portfolio Footprinting, helping financial institutions measure carbon emissions across lending and investments as part of the transition to a net zero economy. The global tools provider said in a statement "Total Portfolio Footprinting ...

Dodge volatility, invest in global equities: Report

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUL 2022
... to avoid companies that are excessively speculative, or have weak balance sheets, or will have difficulties accessing finance at reasonable rates," he said. "Investors need to look through the crisis or dislocation as best they can and know that there ...

TIP Group appoints senior executives

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2022
... establishing and operating superannuation funds, including Spaceship Super, wholesale financial products and commercial finance solutions. In his new role, he will oversee the management and growth of the company's financial services investments. The ...