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HESTA adds to operations team

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020
... to work closely with the super fund's investment management team to oversee the design and implementation of a data framework and investment operating platform. HESTA chief operating officer Stephen Reilly said Jordan would bring a wealth of experience ...

Government announces fresh crackdowns on foreign investments

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020
... will allow him to force foreign divestment in exceptional cases. The reforms to the country's foreign investment framework are its most significant since its establishment in 1975, he said, and follow changes to foreign investment made by the United ...

Global ETF leaders push for reform

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020
... however, over a longer time frame there is a decay in the value of these products. "The classification is really to build a framework to provide a bit of a structure to investors so that there is a bit of hygiene in the ETF ecosystem so people can categorise ...

Calls for overhaul of AFSL system

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2020
... and the client. "Future reforms to the regulation of financial advice should occur through the professional standards framework and rely on individual registration of financial planners." The FPA believes the continued use of the AFSL system to oversee ...

UniSuper stares down job crisis

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2020
... flagged deep cuts. Deakin vice chancellor Iain Martin told staff that the university could not sign a job protections framework agreement because the impact of the pandemic may mean some staff have to go. Deakin's operating revenue is estimated to ...

COVID-19 poses unique human rights threats

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2020
COVID-19 is posing distinct threats to the digital human rights of people all over the world, with consequences for companies and investors. In a new paper Robeco head of sustainability integration Masja Zandbergen expressed the belief that if digital ...

Retirement funder adds two new executives

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2020
... worked with Household Capital as a consultant since 2018 and is responsible for implementing the credit management policy framework within which the business operates. Bishop, who is a qualified lawyer, has held a number of senior legal, company secretary ...

Create coalitions for change: Martin Currie

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2020
... climate-related financial disclosures to provide information to a company's stakeholders and investors. "We believe the TCFD framework is a vitally important tool to understand how companies are managing climate-related risks," Sheasby said. "We've identified ...

Balanced funds fundamentally flawed

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2020
... reliance upon asset class return forecasting and varying correlations in the build of a relatively poor risk management framework," he said. "[This] framework breaks down in periods of surprise, notably within systemic events. "These breakdowns are particularly ...

Retirement income covenant delayed

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2020
... date for its introduction. The covenant is meant to form the first stage of the government's proposed retirement income framework, however more consultation and legislative drafting needs to take place, particularly after COVID-19, Assistant Minister ...