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ETF Securities, 21Shares partner for Australia's first crypto ETFs

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2021
... often-complicated world of blockchain works. It will also feature the trailblazing news on crypto, various blockchain metrics, price action and important news on miners, custodians, and other companies in the supply chain. 21Shares chief executive Hany ...

NZ Super Fund names head of portfolio investments

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 16 NOV 2021
... achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2050. The initiative helps asset owners on the pathway to net zero by providing metrics and methodologies for sovereign bonds, listed equity and corporate fixed income and real estate. It will soon establish approaches ...

NZ Super Fund commits $140m to sustainable real estate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 12 NOV 2021
... emissions in the US. "We're excited about the possibilities new technologies present for the real estate sector, which by some metrics is the largest asset class in the world and consumes around 40% of the world's energy," Guardians of New Zealand Superannuation ...

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 ...

CFA Institute launches new ESG standard

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 NOV 2021
... vehicles, asset classes and ESG approaches. For example, it requires portfolio-level disclosure from managers on how ESG metrics are measured - not just what ESG metrics are measured. It requires managers to disclose the risks that could significantly ...

Super advice gains traction: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 NOV 2021
... average. This led to increased client satisfaction with their adviser and super fund representative across all 18 key service metrics, Investment Trends associate research director Kurt Mayell said. Consequently, loyalty among satisfied advised clients ...

Governments must act on net zero: Morningstar

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 NOV 2021
... Grant added. Asset managers are also struggling with the lack of an industry-wide standard for net zero portfolios or metrics that link net zero plans to the decarbonisation of the economy. This creates greater potential for net zero washing, Morningstar ...

Super fund documents unreadable: Study

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 29 OCT 2021
... at were the funds' product disclosure statements, financial services guide, annual reports, and company policies. The metrics used to derive readability scores were grade level, average sentence length and use of active voice and Ethos CRS set benchmarks ...

CFS joins firms in net zero alignment

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2021
... achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2050. The initiative helps asset owners on the pathway to net zero by providing metrics and methodologies for sovereign bonds, listed equity and corporate fixed income and real estate. It will soon establish approaches ...

No proof of member benefit: APRA on super fund spends

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 26 OCT 2021
... failure to actually measure and assess the benefits of expenditure on marketing activities. This included a lack of clear metrics for doing so, limited evidence of review to demonstrate the intended outcome was achieve, including benefit to members ...