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How Cbus is servicing early release requests

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2020
... was about 3500," he said. He said the fund is servicing the early release requests out of its $3.3 billion in 11am and custodian cash and deposits. "We manage cash in house and even before this change was announced, we thought it prudent to build up ...

Sargon buyers tap former PEXA chief as adviser

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2020
... owners with strategic advice on the future direction of the company, which could include pivoting to purely play as a custodian and trustee services provider or a more networked business. The introduction between the New York financier and the Aussie ...

Northern Trust touts new ESG tool to instos

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
The fast-growing custodian is pitching a new ESG analytics tools to local superannuation funds and asset managers to track, compare and benchmark their ESG score. Northern Trust, which is best known in Australia as custodian to a number of public sector ...

COVID-19 clogs custody mandate pipeline

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2020
... issue for custodians. Insights from law firm Allens Linklaters on the impact of COVID-19 on investment funds found: "A custodian that is usually able to carry out an instruction to sign an agreement may be less able to do so when its authorised signatories ...

Should unused services on AFSLs be subject to ASIC levy?

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020
... from ASIC to pay industry funding levy of $7275, charging Polymath about $6000 in levy for wholesale trustees, $724 for custodian, and $547 for wholesale personal advise. The invoice was an over 1000% increase over the previous year, and went down to ...

Super fund transfer delayed amid COVID-19

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... October 2020 to 31 March 2021, citing COVID-19. Another super fund, Funds SA has delayed its process of shifting to a new custodian amid the volatility.

Superannuation fund delays custodian swap

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2020
A $35 billion public sector superannuation fund has deferred its transition to a new custodian, citing heightened short-term risk from COVID-19. Funds SA last July said it would end its 19-year-long custody relationship with J.P. Morgan and move to ...

UniSuper suspends stock lending

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2020
UniSuper has instructed its custodian to recall all shares currently out on loan indefinitely. The $85 billion super fund has requested BNP Paribas Securities Services to suspend stock lending, effective immediately. UniSuper said restricting the ability ...

Citi to expand local securities team

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2020
Global financial services giant Citi Group is planning to boost the presence of its Sydney-based securities services team, as it onboards a suite of new custody clients. Citi is expecting to build out its Sydney footprint after it finalised a client ...

Raiz cuts AET amid Sargon saga

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2020
The board of investment platform Raiz has replaced Australian Executors Trustees (AET) as its independent custodian, in what comes as the latest development in the Sargon saga. Raiz has appointed Perpetual Corporate Trust as its new independent custodian ...