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HESTA partners with Australian Unity

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2020
The $56 billion industry superannuation fund for health workers has partnered with Australian Unity to establish a new capital source for the For Purpose, Mutual sector in Australia. HESTA has committed $20 million as a cornerstone investor in Australian ...

BlackRock to buy equity index firm

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2020
The investment giant is making a bigger play for wealthy investors, offering them a more personalised strategy with the acquisition of an equity index business for US$1.05 billion. BlackRock is set to acquire investment manager Aperio, which provides ...

Pension funds unite for ESG

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2020
In an unprecedented move, eight of Canada's largest pension funds have come together to push for a standardised approach to ESG reporting to strengthen investment decision-making. Issuing a joint statement for the first time, the chief executives of ...

AMP Capital invests in UK port

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2020
AMP Capital has secured a stake in a UK port operator via its infrastructure debt fund. The firm originated and closed a stake in a junior holdco facility secured against Peel Ports within its AMP Capital Infrastructure Debt Fund IV (IDF IV). Peel Ports ...

ASFA adds board members

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2020
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia has appointed two directors to its board. ASFA made way for Sunsuper chair Andrew Fraser and IOOF chief operating officer Frank Lombardo as additional directors after the passing of a special resolution. ...

Dealer group chief executive departs

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2020
The chief executive of an IOOF dealer group has departed as part of the group's restructure after it acquired MLC Wealth. Geoff Kellett has departed Financial Services Partners after two years as chief executive, with IOOF moving towards shuttering ...

Court rules insurers to cover COVID-19

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2020
The NSW Court of Appeal has ruled pandemic exclusions are invalid, and insurers will have to cover COVID-19; a ruling that has seen IAG go into a trading halt. IAG entered a trading halt on the back of the news, with the ruling possibly meaning insurers ...

AAT affirms SMSF adviser ban

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2020
The Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) has upheld a ban imposed by ASIC on an SMSF adviser who failed to disclose significant conflicts of interest. In December 2019, Wayne Blazejczyk was banned by the regulator for five years after he was found ...

Dealer group chief departs

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2020
The chief executive of an IOOF licensee will depart the group, as the impacts of the company's wealth restructure continues to be felt. Lonsdale Financial Group chief executive Mark Stephen will depart at the end of the month. The move comes after Milennium3 ...

Masters of Business and Empathy aims to improve on MBA

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2020
A new course has launched, called the Masters of Business and Empathy, which aims to improve on the traditional Master of Business Administration (MBA). Small Giants Academy has launched the course, which they say is the first in the world. "We saw ...