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Northern Trust launches green strategy

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2021
Northern Trust Asset Management has established a sustainable world green transition index strategy for Australian and New Zealand investors, as it builds out its sustainable investment offering. The NT World Green Transition Index fund is founded on ...

Cboe acquires Chi-X

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2021
... predicted Chi-X would be acquired within a year to 18 months. "We are on the radar, as a smart exchange business in an environment that's a particularly great one with our massive superannuation funds," Jokovic said at the time. "Australia is a growing ...

ASIC okay with virtual AGMs

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAR 2021
... Determination (No. 3) 2020, which expired on March 21. "It is important that business has certainty in the current environment. ASIC's position is intended to facilitate businesses to hold their meetings effectively during the ongoing pandemic where ...

New fund launches on Chi-X

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAR 2021
... returns from a diverse portfolio of listed equity assets. The investment manager said the current low interest rate environment combined with increasing growth of passive investing is creating a "once-in-a-generation" cycle in active value investing. ...

Nuveen drives global ESG capabilities

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAR 2021
Nuveen has appointed a new head of sustainability for one of its subsidiaries that works to acquire and manage agricultural real estate assets. Westchester Group Investment Management, a TIAA and Nuveen company, has appointed Cristina Hastings Newsome ...

Bennelong hires for new role

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2021
... consulting firm Milliman. "The traditional client profile is changing, and we're working in a more nuanced and complex environment. It's critical that we adapt and build solutions to meet those changing clients' needs to ensure we remain relevant to ...

Life Company of the Year named

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021
... up, and all the winners and finalists in other categories who have truly stepped up in an extraordinarily difficult environment," AFA president Michael Nowak said. "These companies have risen to meet the challenges presented by the current pandemic and ...

Cbus awards $240m mandate

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021
The $60 billion industry super fund for the construction and building sectors has announced a new $240 million mandate. Impax Asset Management has been awarded the mandate in a move focused on investing in opportunities arising from the transition away ...

Ardea launches fund to European investors

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAR 2021
... Gopi Karunakaran said. "Our relative value investing approach is therefore particularly compelling in the current environment, where conventional return sources are faced with more risk for less return and where simply holding bonds is no longer optimal ...

Citi moves to double wealth business revenues

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2021
... income, to high yield fixed income solutions, structured products and more," Chowdhury said. "In today's volatile environment, impacted by both the pandemic and low interest rates, we look forward to helping our clients find yield solutions and both ...