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Making a splash: The economic impact of AUKUS

KARREN VERGARA | WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2024

... of Australia's superannuation funds have no qualms about investing in controversial weapons manufacturers like BAE Systems, Lockheed Martin, and Elbit. Betashares, VanEck, and Global X all launched defence armament and technology-focused ETFs around ...

Betashares launches defence ETF

KARREN VERGARA | TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2024

... developing and manufacturing military and defence equipment and technology. These companies include Lockheed Martin, BAE Systems, Safran SA, General Dynamics, Raytheon Technologies, and Palantir Technologies. Seventy percent of these companies are based ...

Super funds defend controversial weapons holdings

KARREN VERGARA | FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2024

... escalates. This includes France's Thales Group, US-based Honeywell International and Lockheed Martin, the UK's BAE Systems, and Israel's Elbit Systems - public companies that produce defence intelligence and weapons-related solutions. For ...

Super funds lambasted over nuclear holdings

CHLOE WALKER | THURSDAY, 9 DEC 2021

... that derive revenue from nuclear weapons. The companies the research refers to include Aerojet Rocketdyne, Airbus, BAE Systems, Bechtel, Boeing, China National Nuclear Corporation, Honeywell International, Leidos, Safran and Thales. Of the funds named ...

Monochrome hires from BNY Mellon

KARREN VERGARA | MONDAY, 27 SEP 2021

... more than four years and prior to that, was global head of electronic markets at UniCredit. He also worked at Nomura, BAE Systems and Lehman Brothers. Monochrome chief executive Jeff Yew said Leal will add valuable insights and leadership with his expertise ...

Financial services firms eye machine learning

KARREN VERGARA | THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2017

... "huge area of development" over the next one to two years, particularly in cyber-security defence, Lane told a recent BAE Systems and Australian British Chamber of Commerce event. Australia's financial services industry is a high-profile target internationally ...

Australia lax in fighting financial crime

KARREN VERGARA | WEDNESDAY, 25 OCT 2017

... according to a panel of compliance and security experts. ANZ financial crime risk professional Rachel Waldren told the BAE Systems and Australian British Chamber of Commerce panel discussion that despite being well regulated and spending large amounts ...

Fidante manager closes $400m industrial water fund

ALEX BURKE | WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2016

... $400m in commitments from six institutional investors, including the First Swedish National Pension Fund (AP1) and BAE Systems' pension fund's investment manager. It is the first institutional fund to exclusively target industrial water infrastructure ...

Standard Life Inv strengthens strategy team

MARK SMITH | MONDAY, 24 NOV 2014

... from the US State Department, where he served as a US diplomat in Beijing and Taipei. Prior to that, he held posts at BAE Systems and Lehman Brothers. Also based in Edinburgh, Wolf will report to chief economist Jeremy Lawson. Standard Life Investments' ...

SSgA announces three new ETFs

MARK SMITH | WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2013

... Dividend Fund invests in approximately 100 dividend-paying companies worldwide and features companies such as Vodafone, BAE Systems, Bank of Montreal and Coca Cola. The SPDR S&P Emerging Markets Fund gives investors cost-effective access to the growth ...

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Funds SA appoints chief investment officer

ANDREW MCKEAN

Funds SA has appointed a new chief investment officer, who will join from Hostplus, to commence in February 2025.

Australian Retirement Trust appoints new chief risk officer

ANDREW MCKEAN

Australian Retirement Trust (ART) has appointed a new chief risk officer that's set to start in March 2025.

UniSuper has 'some work to get on with' on cyber front: Chair

JAMIE WILLIAMSON

UniSuper's leadership team has touched on how the fund is strengthening its operations following the extensive system outage in May this year.

Super framework, SMSFs conducive to financial abuse: Inquiry

KARREN VERGARA

Lax superannuation laws make it too easy for perpetrators of domestic violence to access victims' retirement savings, while the current framework for self-managed super funds (SMSFs) enables financial abuse to flourish, a parliamentary inquiry found.

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