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Managed accounts FUM at $131bn

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAR 2022
Strong inflows and solid market performance underpinned significant growth in the managed accounts sector, according to the latest data released by Institute of Managed Account Professionals (IMAP) and Milliman. As at 31 December 2021, funds under management ...

WT Financial Group acquires Synchron

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAR 2022
... cash and shares. Synchron owners will receive 10.2 million shares at 10 cent per share. "As we move into a post-pandemic world, and new opportunities emerge, this is the right fit for Synchron, at the right time," Trapnell said. "With WTL's focus ...

Macquarie AM, Mirova seal distribution deal

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2022
... seeks positive social and environmental impact through investments in 40-60 global stocks and aims to outperform the MSCI World Index. Current top holdings include Microsoft, Mastercard, Thermo Fisher Scientific and Danaher Corp, with most of the fund's ...

Stake adds crypto to platform

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2022
... greater access to financial opportunities," Stake chief executive and founder Matt Leibowitz said. "Crypto is taking the world by storm and has established itself as a legitimate asset class. Investors are demanding it and brokers who are dragging their ...

ASIC to strengthen market integrity rules

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2022
... "As we have seen in the past, such as with the November 2020 ASX outage, failures in these areas can have significant real-world consequences." "Our new rules set minimum expectations and controls to mitigate these risks and help to safeguard the integrity ...

State Street develops digital custody capability

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2022
State Street intends to offer digital custody for some cryptocurrencies and other digital assets, subject to regulatory approvals, with a new partnership. State Street Digital, State Street's dedicated digital division, has entered into a licensing ...

BTIG opens new office, hires leads

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2022
BTIG is expanding in Australia with a new Melbourne office, recruiting two managing directors from AustralianSuper and VFMC to head it up. The new office marks BTIG's second in Australia and 20 th worldwide, with the investment manager saying it will ...

Sydney Airport deal completes

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2022
... the consortium is delighted to be investing in Sydney Airport on behalf of millions of Australians. "Sydney Airport is a world-class infrastructure asset that plays an integral role in connecting Sydney and New South Wales with Australia and the world," ...

Schroders launches new fund, wins mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2022
... three-year periods, within a tracking error limit. The composite benchmark is an equally weighted blend of MSCI All Country World, Ex-Australia, Equities Index and the Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate Bond Index, Schroders said, to match the risk ...

Northern Trust creates new APAC quant team

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2022
Northern Trust has established a new team of quantitative specialists for Asia Pacific, to be led out of Melbourne. Scott Bennett has been appointed as head of quantitative investment solutions, Asia Pacific, and will lead the new quant team. Bennett ...