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Victorian government agency hunts for fund manager

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUL 2021
The Victoria government's LaunchVic is looking for a fund manager to run a $120million startup fund. The Victorian Startup Capital Fund (VSCF) is a fund-of-funds that was announced in the Victorian Budget 2020/21 and will invest in Victorian early-stage ...

Finfluencers ensnare female Millennials

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2021
The growing finfluencer phenomenon is capturing female Millennials who turn to social media for financial advice and education. Analysis by marketing platform HypeAuditor reveals that more than half (57%) of female finfluencers' following are young ...

Companies failing harassment victims: ACSI

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2021
There are structural issues with the ways in which companies handle sexual harassment complaints which inherently discriminate against victims, the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) conference has heard. That was the message heard ...

Aware Super hits $150bn, hires

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUL 2021
Aware Super has hit a new milestone, passing $150 billion in members' retirement savings. The fund also confirmed a new hire in its ESG team. Celebrating the milestone, the fund said it aimed to pass on the benefits of scale to members - most crucially ...

First Sentier appoints head of people, culture

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUL 2021
First Sentier appointed a chief people and culture officer, reporting to chief executive Mark Steinberg. Melanie Halsey steps into the position, based in London. Halsey joins First Sentier on September 6. She was most recently executive vice president ...

Eliminating debt prioritised over pension contributions

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2021
A new study from the US finds that workers would rather pay off debt than contribute as much as 10% of their salary to their pension plan. J.P. Morgan Asset Management's annual survey found that 65% of employees haven't been able to contribute to their ...

NGS Super awards $150m small caps mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2021
The $12 billion industry fund has picked an external manager for a $150 million allocation to global small caps. American Century Investments will invest the NGS allocation through its global small cap strategy. "We believe our differentiated growth-oriented ...

Jennison hires head of ESG

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2021
Active equities and fixed income manager Jennison has hired a head of ESG strategy. Guillaume Mascotto steps into the role, based in New York, reporting to head of product and strategy Peter Clark. Jennison is an affiliate manager of PGIM, the global ...

Bennelong boards appoint chair

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2021
The Bennelong Funds Management Group welcomed a new chair, who previously led a major superannuation fund as its chief executive. Michael Dwyer took over as chair of the group on July 1, which includes overseeing subsidiary Bennelong Funds Management. ...

HUB24 appoints chief product officer, director

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2021
The platform has appointed MLC's former group executive, platforms to the inaugural role of chief product officer and added a former Westpac executive to its board. Darren Stevens was in the role at MLC for less than 12 months and was responsible for ...