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Metrics Credit Partners acquires

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 12 NOV 2021
Metrics Credit Partners has acquired a small and medium-sized enterprise business lending specialist. Metrics has acquired SME lender Bigstone Finance. Metrics managing partner Andrew Lockhart said the addition of the Bigstone team to the funding capability ...

Supply chain issues push up retiree expenses

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2021
Retirees continue to bear the brunt of an expensive retirement fuelled by global supply chain issues. Retired couples and singles saw living expenses in their twilight years rise 1% in the September quarter, the latest Association of Superannuation ...

Raiz Invest hits $1bn in Australia

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 NOV 2021
Raiz Invest has surpassed $1 billion in funds under management in Australia. The company put the growth down to customer engagement and reported that average balances on its platform have grown to nearly $3000 per customer. Raiz reported having more ...

TelstraSuper releases retirement income solution

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 NOV 2021
TelstraSuper has launched its version of a retirement income product that has a flexible cash allocation feature. The new Lifestyle investment options aim to generate consistent income and tax efficiencies, grow and preserve capital, and manage retirement-specific ...

Aussie equities small caps deliver 35%

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 NOV 2021
Australian equities small caps outpaced other asset classes in the year to September, delivering a median return of 35.2% per annum to wholesale investors. According to Rainmaker's latest Wholesale managed funds performance tables, the asset class ...

Australia-first private equity ETF to launch

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 9 NOV 2021
VanEck will shortly list an ETF providing investors exposure to private equity investments through the convenient ETF structure. The VanEck Global Listed Private Equity ETF (ASX: GPEQ) will list on the ASX and is the first Australian private equity ...

Citi scores custody mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 NOV 2021
An Australian exchange-traded fund manager appointed Citi Australia as its new custodian and fund administrator. BetaShares, with $21 billion in assets under management, has partnered with Citi. The fund manager was previously with RBC Investor & Treasury ...

AMP continues to lose ESG investors

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 NOV 2021
AMP Capital continues to buck the booming sustainable investment trend, suffering outflows for the fifth consecutive quarter. According to a new Morningstar note, AMP lost $69 million over the September quarter thanks to corporate issues at parent company ...

Fintech professor nabs unique award

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 8 NOV 2021
An academic paper on fintech from an Australian professor has become one of the most widely read papers in the world. Scientia Professor Ross Buckley from University of New South Wales Law & Justice has claimed the title of most-read legal author in ...

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 ...