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CBA takes stake in AI firm

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 8 NOV 2021
Commonwealth Bank has taken a minority stake in a Silicon Valley-based artificial intelligence (AI) platform. H2O.ai operates a cloud-based machine learning platform, H2O AI Cloud, and employs some of the world's top data scientists. The partnership ...

Crypto ETF breaks trading record

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 NOV 2021
BetaShares' Crypto Innovators ETF (CRYP) broke a trading value record on its first day of listing. CRYP recorded $39.7 million worth of trades on November 4, smashing the previous record of $8 million set in March 2021. The fund opened at $11.25 per ...

Plan For Life names insurance award winners

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 5 NOV 2021
The research and analytics firm announced the winners of its 2021 Excellence Awards for insurers. NobleOak Life took out the Overall Direct Life Insurance Excellence Award for 2021, going up against TAL Life, HCF Life and MLC Life. NobleOak Life also ...

SG Hiscock rejigs fund

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2021
SG Hiscock & Company has renamed the long standing SGH20 fund and increased the number of holdings in the fund. SGH20 was established in 2004 and has been renamed the SGH High Conviction Fund. The underlying strategy remains the same, yet the maximum ...

Commonwealth Bank to add crypto services

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 NOV 2021
Commonwealth Bank will become the first bank in Australia to offer the ability to buy, sell and hold crypto assets via a strategic partnership with Gemini and Chainalysis. The bank has designed a crypto exchange and custody service which will be offered ...

Munro Partners launches climate fund

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 NOV 2021
The investment manager alongside GSFM launched a new fund that provides exposure to companies benefiting from the move to decarbonisation. The Munro Climate Change Leaders Fund is available to Australian retail investors and is a portfolio of companies ...

Wells Fargo deals finalise

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 2 NOV 2021
Computershare has completed its acquisition of Wells Fargo Corporate Trust Services' assets. At the same time, Wells Fargo Asset Management has been officially rebranded as Allspring Global Investments. Today marks the first day of Computershare Corporate ...

Midwinter hires from Integrity Life

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 1 NOV 2021
Bravura Solutions' advice technology division hired a chief technology officer from Integrity Life. Fraser Hamilton joined Midwinter as chief technology officer, taking over from Andrew McClelland who is stepping back to focus on the group's strategic ...

ASIC smooths path for crypto ETFs

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 1 NOV 2021
ASIC has released guidance for product issuers on crypto exchange traded products, with the industry broadly supporting the regulator's stance. ASIC's good practice guide includes admission and monitoring standards, custody of crypto-assets, pricing ...

Honan acquires Modern Risk Solutions

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 1 NOV 2021
Honan Insurance Group has acquired Modern Risk Solutions, an insurance and risk advisory specialist focused on emerging tech, startup and life sciences. The acquisition sees Modern Risk continue operating as a discrete entity, to be referred to as Modern ...