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Investec fund in management buyout

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 10 MAY 2021
... Hounsell and Ben Sebel. The buyout marks another deal that underscores Investec's retreat from the Australian market. Metrics Credit Partners reached an agreement in March to buy Investec's local corporate and acquisition finance loan portfolio. ...

APRA releases draft climate change guidance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 APR 2021
... identifying and measuring risks to understand potential impacts on business model, monitoring risks through regulator updated metrics, considering scenario analysis to inform understanding of long-term risks and opportunities, evidencing plans to manage ...

APRA takes action against Macquarie

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 APR 2021
... and incorrectly treated specific intra-group funding arrangements for calculating capital and related entity exposure metrics. "These resulted from deficiencies in Macquarie Bank's ability to manage the operational risk inherent in the complex intra-group ...

MCP builds out team

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2021
Metrics Credit Partners has made a raft of appointments, hiring from Vision Super and JLL. Stephen Nash has joined the boutique as director of market strategy. Nash was most recently at Vision Super, prior to which he was chief investment officer at ...

Sydney boutique to buy a slice of Investec assets

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAR 2021
... debt manager will acquire a portion of South African Investec's local debt portfolio, as the latter exits Australia. Metrics Credit Partners has reached an agreement to buy Investec's local corporate and acquisition finance (CAF) loan portfolio. ...

Client communication investment needed: Research

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAR 2021
... the biggest barriers for firms to invest in client communications is how it generates revenue mainly due to efficiency metrics. The survey revealed firms measure the time taken to create content (83%) and low error rates (73%) to measure while only 14% ...

Buffett doesn't want to report on diversity, climate

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAR 2021
... shareholders to vote against two separate proposals urging the firm to disclose its climate-related risks and diversity metrics. Berkshire Hathaway Inc's annual meeting is scheduled for May 1. Proxy voting directions filed with the Securities and Exchange ...

AMP announces new managed portfolio partnership

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 15 MAR 2021
... transparency for clients, giving them ownership of the underlying assets in the funds, with visibility of performance metrics through regular and transparent reporting," Egan said. "We're continuing to invest in and expand our MyNorth managed portfolio ...

Frontier zeroes in on poor culture

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2021
... signs of concern, we have developed an internal framework to help us fully explore those cases," he said. Some of the metrics Frontier will look at include how clients are treated in terms of transparency around communication and action following an ...

Industry fund awards ESG mandate

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAR 2021
... and one of the risk categories we look at is ESG," Hutchison said. State Street's ESG analytics platform includes ESG metrics such as water and waste management, labour practices, employee diversity and inclusion, business model resilience, business ...