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WT Financial Group acquires Synchron

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAR 2022
... line of talented state managers who will add significant value to the overall group structure." "It establishes the right scale of operations to enable us to provide the critical support that advisers in our modernised industry demand. The resulting ...

Industry funds buoyed by unlisted assets

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2022
... fund that reduced such costs by 40% - from 86 bps to 51 bps. "This has saved members $410 million since 2017. Depending on scale, and the asset class in question, investment costs to members can be more than halved by internalising investment management," ...

Hostplus, Statewide provide merger details

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2022
... Hostplus members will no longer directly receive the tax rebate effect. "Merging the funds will bring opportunities for greater scale and cost efficiencies, which both trustees believe will result in enhanced member choices, services and outcomes," Statewide ...

AustralianSuper announces joint venture

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2022
... and the community for generations to come," Clark said. "The Canada Water Masterplan fits with our focus on investing at scale in large mixed-use projects in major urban centres and we believe this location will become a preferred destination for a range ...

Australian Retirement Trust announces next merger partner

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2022
... ART. The APSS trustee's independent chair Mark Birrell said the merger will enable APSS to tap into the economies of scale that ART brings, given it has more than $230 billion in funds under management and over two million members. "It's a very ...

NZ Super Fund excludes Russian debt, state-owned holdings

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2022
... companies, the investors took into account relevant factors under their respective frameworks, including the strength and scale of the international response and the New Zealand government's public position on the invasion, in addition to considering ...

MSCI downgrades Russia's ESG rating

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2022
... initiate a 'Sovereign Watch' event assessment, which only occurs in extraordinary circumstances and assesses major events on a scale from 'Minor' to 'Very Severe'. "Prior to the invasion of Ukraine, Russia's 'Political Governance' score was already assessed ...

ESG funding booms in Australia: Calastone

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 28 FEB 2022
ESG funds were major beneficiaries of Australians' cash last year but the nation still lags on a global scale, according to the last Global Fund Flow Index from Calastone. In an analysis covering over half a million buy and sell orders every month from ...

Biggest ever super merger completes

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 28 FEB 2022
... lifecycle strategies in their MySuper options, driven by a belief that risk profile should be adjusted with member age. With new scale, Patrick expects ART will be able to have more influence over private market deals. "On face value, you can write a ...

Global markets shaken by war

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 25 FEB 2022
... He added: "Sadly, there will be substantial loss of lives, and this will drive energy and food prices higher on a global scale and hurt a lot more people. Western leaders are likely to respond with another iteration of sanctions as CROPEC wants and this ...