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Super fund awards first ESG mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUL 2021
A $3.4 billion industry super fund handed its first ESG mandate to an Edinburgh-based fixed income boutique. First Super has selected Cameron Hume to manage $125 million via its Global Fixed Income ESG Fund, comprising investments in sovereigns, corporates ...

AMP North adds portfolios

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUL 2021
AMP has added new risk profile options to the MyNorth Sustainable and Zenith ranges. The current MyNorth Sustainable Managed Portfolio Balanced profile has added moderately conservative and moderately aggressive risk profiles for clients. The guiding ...

Hejaz expands with three new funds

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2021
Hejaz Financial Services is launching three funds with an ethical overlay to retail investors that invest in global equities, credit and property. As part of the $180 million fund manager's aggressive growth strategy, the funds will give Australian ...

WaveStone co-founder retires

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUL 2021
WaveStone Capital's second co-founding principal has announced his retirement. Graeme Burke has exited WaveStone, the fund manager confirmed. Burke helped launch WaveStone in 2006 with Ian Harding and Catherine Allfrey as an Australian and New Zealand-focused ...

FYG expands network

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUL 2021
Tasmania-based FYG Planners has added a Victorian financial advice firm to its stable. Based in Chadstone, Prosperity Planners now operates under licensee FYG. Christopher Bailey, co-founder and financial planner, set up Prosperity in May and prior ...

KLP divests Israeli-linked settlement firms

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUL 2021
... expectations for companies we are invested in and these extractions are made based on diligence. In addition, the precautionary principle is at the heart of the UN's guiding principles for business and human rights," the pension fund said. The banks ...

ASIC looks to tighten crypto ETP oversight

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUN 2021
ASIC is consulting on how exchange-traded products investing in cryptoassets can meet existing regulatory expectations, with the regulator particularly interested in identifying suitable cryptoassets for such products and ensuring good practice in terms ...

J.P. Morgan acquires digital wealth manager

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUN 2021
J.P. Morgan Chase has acquired a digital wealth manager in a move to further its launch of Chase as a digital bank in the UK later this year. Nutmeg is an independent digital wealth manager in the UK and J.P. Morgan plans to integrate it into its digital ...

Super leaders recognised

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUN 2021
Leaders in the financial services industry have been recognised in the Queen's Birthday 2021 Honours list, with a number from the superannuation sector represented. This year saw 1190 Australians recognised in the Queen's Birthday honours and ...

State Street launches dedicated crypto, blockchain business

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2021
As an increasing number of institutions allocate to cryptocurrency and explore blockchain solutions, State Street is launching a dedicated digital finance division, appointing the current head of global markets to lead it. State Street Digital builds ...