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Merricks Capital appoints head of distribution

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JAN 2022
A key member of the Bennelong Funds Management distribution team has taken a new role with Merricks Capital. Camelia Seric has joined the Melbourne-based investment house and non-bank lender as its new head of distribution. Spending 10 years at Bennelong ...

Lutheran Super prepares for merger

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JAN 2022
Lutheran Super informed members it has found its preferred merger partner, following a decision last September to assess the fund's options. In December the corporate fund, which holds less than $1 billion in funds under management, told members ...

The top ESG themes for 2022

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JAN 2022
Asset owners will increasingly pressure companies on several key areas in 2022, the top priority being driving net zero emissions engagement and activity. Preserving natural resources amid the drive for net zero emissions will be top of Robeco's environmental ...

Global equities ETPs reap benefits of conversion

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JAN 2022
Actively managed global equities exchange-traded products have grown significantly off the back of ETPs converting from unlisted unit trusts. In September 2020, total assets of actively managed international equities ETPs were $3.7 billion, representing ...

QSuper merger update, fee cuts

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 11 JAN 2022
QSuper has assured members they will shortly feel the benefits of scale in the form of fee cuts, after it merges with Sunsuper to create Australian Retirement Trust. The $133 billion QSuper will merge with $90 billion Sunsuper on February 28. The QSuper ...

IFM Investors PE portfolio carbon neutral

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 11 JAN 2022
IFM Investors' is celebrating having achieved carbon neutrality across its entire private equity portfolio. The portfolio's status is fully certified by Climate Active, which represents the Australian government's certification standard, IFM Investors ...

Sequoia Financial Group acquires legal practice

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 10 JAN 2022
Sequoia Financial Group (Sequoia) has announced the acquisition of the incorporated legal practice previously known as Topdocs Legal (TDL), now renamed Docscentre Legal (DCL). Boosting its professional services division, Sequoia has paid $330,000 for ...

Future Super hires operations chief

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 6 JAN 2022
Ethical superannuation fund Future Super has appointed a chief operating officer from Club Plus Super. David Barton was hired in the newly created position in December, wrapping up a similar role at Club Plus where he spent more than four years. Barton's ...

Media Super apologises for major calculator error

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 6 JAN 2022
Members of Media Super have received an apology from the fund after it was discovered the information underpinning its benefit projection tool hadn't been updated since 2015. Media Super's Retirement Income Simulator was made available on its public ...

AMP divests infrastructure debt platform

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 4 JAN 2022
AMP's private markets business, PrivateMarketsCo, has agreed to sell its infrastructure debt platform to Ares for $428 million. The agreement follows a strategic move from PrivateMarketsCo to focus on managing equity investments in real estate and infrastructure ...