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Institutional Shareholder Services to acquire Rainmaker Information

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2021
Rainmaker Information (Rainmaker), publisher of Financial Standard, this month signed a definitive agreement to be acquired by Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS), a leading provider of corporate governance and responsible investment solutions ...

Frontier partners with due diligence platform

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2021
Frontier has enlisted the help of a global technology platform to help automate the diligence processes. DiligenceVault will enable the asset consultant to collect and centralise asset manager and fund data. The solution is a two-sided platform used ...

Praemium improves non-custodial solution

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUL 2021
The platform has made changes to its artificial intelligence capabilities to improve the user experience of its $140 billion non-custodial Virtual Managed Account solution. Praemium has expanded machine learning which has been able to identify transactions ...

Aware Super hits $150bn, hires

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUL 2021
Aware Super has hit a new milestone, passing $150 billion in members' retirement savings. The fund also confirmed a new hire in its ESG team. Celebrating the milestone, the fund said it aimed to pass on the benefits of scale to members - most crucially ...

Acadian launches multi-asset fund

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUL 2021
Acadian Asset Management has launched a multi-asset absolute return fund that aims to provide consistent returns regardless of market conditions. The Acadian Global Macro Fund uses a systematic approach to exploit inefficiencies across and within global ...

Another cash ETF bites the dust

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2021
Less than two years after listing on the Chi-X, a Daintree-managed short-term fixed income ETF has delisted from the exchange. The eInvest Cash Booster Fund (managed fund) (ECAS ) targeted 0.5% above cash rate (net of fees) by investing in cash, term ...

BlackRock hits US$9.5tn milestone

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2021
BlackRock's assets under management reached a record US$9.5 trillion ($12.8tn), cementing it further as the world's largest fund manager. The June quarterly update showed exchange-traded funds continue to be a driving force for the fund manager ...

Padua appoints chair

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2021
Financial advice technology provider Padua has appointed a chair from the telecommunications industry. Amaysim founder and former chief executive Peter O'Connell will chair the board at Padua. His Amaysim business sold to Optus this year. O'Connell ...

Hostplus delivers 21.3% to members

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUL 2021
The industry superannuation fund has delivered 21.32% per annum for its MySuper members, the majority of which are invested in this option. The $68 billion Hostplus said the result for its MySuper (Balanced) option is its "best-ever single-year performance" ...

Ian Silk to leave AustralianSuper

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUL 2021
The chief executive of Australia's biggest superannuation fund AustralianSuper will step down before the end of the year. Having led the fund since its creation on 1 July 2006, Ian Silk is set to leave the super fund at the end of this year. Chief ...