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Economic recap: Week to October 22

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 OCT 2021
It wasn't so long ago - before the COVID-19 pandemic struck to be precise - that every other central bank around the planet were hopin' and wishin' and prayin' for consumer price inflation to, at the very least, move higher to within ...

IFM partially acquires energy company

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 15 OCT 2021
The IFM Global Infrastructure Fund will take a €2 billion stake in Naturgy Energy Group, a Spanish multinational natural gas and electrical energy utilities company. The fund, advised by IFM Investors, will shortly complete its all-cash voluntary ...

Resolution Capital adds infrastructure fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 5 OCT 2021
The Pinnacle boutique is celebrating the launch of its new global listed infrastructure offering. The Resolution Capital Global Listed Infrastructure Fund sees Resolution Capital's stable of funds expanded to seven and is led by portfolio managers ...

Crypto custodian coming to Australia

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 28 SEP 2021
Cryptocurrency custody platform Shillings is gearing up to launch in Australia. Shillings said it expects to launch in Australia during the final quarter of 2021. The platform said it will use special private key shards, formed simultaneously and in ...

ETFs hit $125bn milestone

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 9 SEP 2021
Australia's exchange-traded fund sector reached another milestone, hitting $125 billion in August. Equity ETFs continue to dominate inflows, representing the majority (85%) of total flows for the month. International equity ETFs had over $1.4 billion ...

Retail, corporate funds lack transparency on ESG votes

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 SEP 2021
Retail and corporate super funds continue to show a poor track record of how they vote on environmental, social and governance matters, new research shows. According to the Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR), which analysed the ...

ASX 100 missing key reporting metric: ACCR

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 27 AUG 2021
A new report from the Australian Centre for Corporate Responsibility has raised serious governance concerns with ASX 100 companies in relation to contractors. ACCR found that Australian listed companies remain opaque about their labour hire, contracting ...

Evergreen launches RI index

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 AUG 2021
Evergreen Consultants established a responsible investment index based on a grading system that focuses on an investment manager's intent and actions rather than solely on portfolio metrics. The Evergreen Responsible Investment Grading Index (ERIG Index) ...

ROAR launches interactive SOA tool

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 10 AUG 2021
Financial planning technology firm ROAR Software has launched a Statement of Advice solution that comes with a human avatar. DynamicDocs, launched in partnership with customer engagement video software platform HumanableCX, converts Word-based SOAs ...

NAB to buy Citigroup's Australian consumer banking business

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 10 AUG 2021
NAB's purchase of Citigroup's local consumer business includes Citi's roughly 4000 wealth clients. NAB will pay Citigroup cash for the net assets and a premium of $250 million. Citigroup's consumer banking business includes lending assets of $12.2 billion ...