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Pension scheme, UBS divest energy companies

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 21 DEC 2021
A UK pension scheme and UBS Asset Management have called time on investments in five energy companies that are not working towards a low carbon economy. Nest and UBS AM have sold shares in Exxon Mobil, Imperial Oil, Kepco, Marathon Oil and Power Assets ...

Sustainability will send some broke: Research

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 17 DEC 2021
Efforts to become more sustainable will challenge many firms and perhaps even bankrupt some, experts from MFS Investment Management have noted. In a new research note, MFS global investment strategist Robert Almeida and research analyst Robert Wilson ...

Crestone to be acquired by LGT Group

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 DEC 2021
Crestone Wealth Management is set to be acquired by one of the world's largest privately owned wealth managers, LGT Group. Under the agreement, LGT Group will acquire 100% of Crestone for $475 million. "The proposed transaction would enable Crestone ...

Fidelity launches active ETF

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 DEC 2021
Fidelity International has launched one of its managed funds as an actively managed exchange-traded fund on the ASX. The Fidelity Global Demographics Fund listed on the ASX as FDEM. It invests in up to 70 global stocks and aims to beat the MSCI All ...

Iress partners with fund manager

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 DEC 2021
... enables ESSSuper to focus on our number one priority - our members. By outsourcing administration, we have more capacity to invest in building our relationship with members, providing exceptional front-line support and delivering optimal superannuation ...

State Street, Vanguard complete world first blockchain trade

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 DEC 2021
State Street Digital, Vanguard and Symbiont have completed the first live trade for foreign exchange forward contracts leveraging blockchain technology and smart contracts. The firms have jointly completed the margin calculation process for a live trade ...

BetaShares to launch more megatrend ETFs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 7 DEC 2021
... BetaShares Electric Vehicles and Future Mobility ETF (DRIV) and the BetaShares Future of Payments ETF (IPAY). DRIV will invest in up to 50 global innovators in automotive technology, including the likes of Tesla, Uber and NIO. "DRIV offers potential ...

AMP North further expands menu

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 3 DEC 2021
AMP's platform North made 20 investment options available in December. One dozen sustainability and eight technology-themed options are now available to financial advisers. The technology-themed options reflect growing appetite among advisers and ...

QSuper faces class action over excess premiums

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 25 NOV 2021
A class action has been filed against QSuper, claiming it overcharged about 140,000 members for life insurance policies by charging almost all members the same despite differing occupations. Shine Lawyers has filed the action in the Federal Court against ...

Link enters UK pension market

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 25 NOV 2021
... capability to the UK," Link Group UK Retirement Solutions business general manager Richard Wilson said. "With the success of auto-enrolment, master trusts are now facing trends of increasing consolidation with pressure to simplify and improve member ...