ESG Research Update
/NRI report into what’s on offer in ESG
Australian and New Zealand ESG Update
/Acadian AI ‘green screen’ to autodetect greenwashing in disclosures
Australia may be excluded from large foreign investment funds
ASIC investigating greenwashing by super funds and managed funds
Fund Regulatory Update
/FSC launches Women in Investment Management Charter
Multiple super account numbers down but still $3.6 billion in unclaimed super remains
YFYS regulations released
Fund People Update
/Clime shareholders vote director out
Mercer loses COO
Netwealth appoints head of investment solutions
Fidelity appoints director of sustainable investing
State Street welcomes MD for portfolio solutions
Praemium appoints CEO
JP Morgan AM promotes CEO
Challenger CEO departing
Goldman Sachs appoints head of private wealth
Schroders loses co-head of APAC
Fund Product Update
/First Sentier launches responsible fund to Australian investors
Cryptocurrency Update
/Amazon may accept Bitcoin payments in 2021
Superannuation Satisfaction Report: HESTA has the happiest customers
/HESTA came out on top of Roy Morgan’s six-monthly survey into satisfaction ratings of superannuation funds.
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/ISS looks into big tobacco’s foray in the oral drug delivery space
IOSCO consultation on ESG ratings and data providers
ASIC adviser fee model report finds results "pleasing"
/An ASIC report into the progress of the financial advice industry in removing conflicted remuneration has found the industry has transitioned well.
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/New inquiry launched into implications of capital concentration
Fund Product Update
/Evans and Partners launches retail arm, offering retail
PineBridge launches Asian small-cap fund to Aussie investors
Acadian launches global macro fund
Copia releases global environmental fund
Alphinity launches global sustainable strategy
Fund Company Update
/Aon-WTW deal crashes
VISSF and Aware Super to merge
ISS to buy Rainmaker
Fund People Update
/Maple-Brown Abbott welcomes head of ESG
HESTA loses veteran executive
abrdn launches Sustainability Institute
AustralianSuper promotes portfolio manager, welcomes new CEO
WTW appoints new head of Australian investments
Future Fund appoints deputy chief investment officer
Yarra Capital welcomes new MD
State Street appoints head of product management APAC
SMSF Association welcomes back board member
ACSI welcomes new president
Aware Super appoints ESG expert
Bennelong appoints chair for two organisations
legalsuper loses director
Cryptocurrency Update
/Mark Carnegie announces cryptocurrency fund
Elon Musk doing an about-turn on how green bitcoin is
BitMEX crypto derivatives platform launches tracking index
ASIC consultation paper released on crypto-assets
State Street Investor Confidence Index June & July 2021
/June 2021 Investor Confidence Scores - fall
July 2021 Investor Confidence Scores - rise
Fund Regulatory Update
/Government seeks feedback on retirement income covenant position paper
Fund Company Update
/Sydney Airport says no thanks to consortium’s offer
Macquarie to buy AMP Capital’s GEFI
Louise Walsh launches new capital raising business
Fund People Update
/HESTA appoints head of portfolio management
AustralianSuper loses CEO
Charter Hall welcomes ESG head
Aware appoints director
ACSA CEO moving on
Vision Super appoints chair
SuperConcepts welcomes CEO
Deutsche Bank appoints CEO
AMP Capital loses energy MD
Westpac welcomes new board member
Australian and New Zealand ESG Update
/Chevron’s carbon capture test case has failed
Climate change duty of care now law
Renewables set Aussie record
AGL ‘hastens’ coal exit with company transfer for Liddell
Cruelty-free portfolios: ISS weighs in on animal testing in investments
'Financial wellbeing' higher during pandemic
/A quarterly report published by CommBank shows Australians saw an uptick in personal financial wellbeing scores during the pandemic, to March 2021.
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