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Magellan chief executive resigns

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 7 DEC 2021
The chief executive of Magellan, Brett Cairns, has resigned for personal reasons. The fund manager's chief financial officer Kristen Morton is stepping in as interim chief executive. Morton has been chief financial officer at Magellan for more than ...

Australian crypto platform collapses

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 7 DEC 2021
Australian crypto trading platform myCryptoWallet is in liquidation, with investor money trapped. Launched in 2017, myCryptoWallet marketed itself as "Australia's most advanced digital currency solution" with zero fees. On 3 December 2021, it was resolved ...

3PD, Haven Green ink partnership

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 6 DEC 2021
Haven Green and 3PD have entered into a back-to-back alliance agreement. The new agreement means 3PD will represent Haven Green Investment Managers in Australia and New Zealand and Haven Green will represent 3PD's managers in Europe, Middle East, Asia ...

New head of strategy at Crescent Group

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 6 DEC 2021
Crescent Group has appointed Islamic finance expert Sayd Farook to the head of strategy role, based in Sydney. His appointment comes as the group launches a five-year strategic plan to grow its assets under management to $5 billion by the end of 2026. ...

Robeco launches new sustainable index fund

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 6 DEC 2021
Robeco Australia launched the Robeco Global Developed Sustainable Enhanced Index Equity Fund. The fund aims to achieve a higher ESG score than its benchmark, the MSCI World Index. Specifically, it is focussed on ESG issues including reducing the environmental ...

Super funds attracting more women to investment work

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 3 DEC 2021
Australian super funds growing their in-house asset management teams is having a positive impact on gender equality in investment management, with more women wanting to work with profit-to-member funds than other funds management firms. According to ...

Government fails to prioritise $450 threshold

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 3 DEC 2021
The last sitting day for parliament this year has come and gone without progressing legislation designed to make sure those earning less than $450 a month are paid super. Minister for superannuation, financial services, the digital economy and women's ...

New digital asset fund launches

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 3 DEC 2021
A specialist manager has launched a new wholesale-only digital asset fund for Australian investors. Digital Asset Capital Management DACM) launched the DACM Global Digital Asset Fund. The new launch comes after the manager's original Digital Asset Fund ...

Backlash after 'unprecedented' ASIC action against Westpac

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2021
An industry group for independent financial advisers and lawyers have come out criticising Westpac over the six cases brought against it by ASIC. Slater and Gordon Lawyers is calling on Westpac to 'walk the talk', after Westpac's chief executive Peter ...

New LGBTIQ investment option

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2021
In the US, an investing app has partnered with an LGBTIQ rights organisation to provide consumers with a way to invest in line with their values. LGBTIQ advocacy group OutRight Action International has partnered with the Newday Impact Investing app. ...