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Not-so-Zuper: Super disruptor folds

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2021
... Eran Thomson was chief creative officer. All three have since departed, with Zuper acquired by RevTech Media. Recent research by Rainmaker found disruptor super products, like Zuper promised to be, accounted for about $2.5 billion in superannuation assets ...

Active funds quell passive flows

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAR 2021
... management landscape over passive strategies, overseeing US$2 out of every US$3, a new report finds. Calastone's latest research found that in Australia, inflows to active funds surged in 2020, totalling US$3.7 billion in new capital, compared to ...

Life Company of the Year named

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021
... and services to financial advisers and their clients." AFA partnered with Plan for Life who provided the benchmarking research for life insurance, annuity and investment bond product awards. AIA Australia won the Service Quality Award while TAL's Accelerated ...

Client communication investment needed: Research

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAR 2021
... are struggling to get a handle on client communication demands, believing it does not lead to revenue generation, new research shows. Investment management solutions provider SimCorp surveyed 20 buy-side firms globally and found 65% believe their current ...

Funds SA appoints director of asset allocation

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAR 2021
... clients. Hallett most recently spent seven years at TCorp, where his roles included portfolio management, asset allocation research and investment/client strategy. Prior to this, he worked at AMP Capital for nearly eight years including as an investment ...

eToro combines with SPAC, plans to list

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAR 2021
... Some of those investors include ION Investment Group, Softbank Vision Fund 2, Third Point LLC, Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC, and Wellington Management. Existing eToro equity holders will retain a 91% ownership in the business. Goldman Sachs ...

CSC pivots towards divestment

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAR 2021
... agreement to divest from pure play fossil fuel companies. They are simply out of line and out of time." Market Forces research previously found that approximately 15% of CSC's investments were made up of what they define as "out of line, out of time" ...

Zenith acquires asset allocation specialist

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAR 2021
Research house and investment consultant firm Zenith Investment Partners has acquired an asset allocation specialist. Zenith acquired Heuristic Investment Systems from its management on March 15. The Heuristics team will join Zenith Investment Partners ...

Foresight Analytics acquires research firm

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 15 MAR 2021
The independent data analytics group has acquired the analytics arm of an independent rating and research firm as it works to build out its market share. Foresight Analytics acquired investment research and operational capability ratings business Australia ...

Crescent Foundation partnership to mentor refugees

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 15 MAR 2021
... Sydney. The partnership aims to assist refugees in seeking employment that matches their qualifications and skills as research showed only 17% of refugees have secure paid employment. The barriers to obtaining employment include a lack of local work ...