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3PD, Haven Green ink partnership

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 6 DEC 2021
... Europe, Middle East, Asia, and the US. 3PD is a distributor of investment managers, representing several strategies with a focus on pure play ESG. Haven Green is also dedicated to developing pure play ESG managers and has a bias towards unlisted strategies ...

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 ...

Rainmaker executive awarded prestigious scholarship

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 3 DEC 2021
... globally. Keith Kerridge, Maureen's husband, said his late wife "would be thrilled by the 'finance and football' focus of the first scholarship winners". "She was passionate about supporting women stepping into leadership roles and she revelled ...

KKR appoints APAC growth equity lead

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 3 DEC 2021
... media & technology, joint head of North America, and a member of the investment and management committees. His new role will focus on investment opportunities in emerging, high-growth companies in sectors such as technology, healthcare, fintech, consumer ...

Iress to take admin reigns at ESSSuper

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 3 DEC 2021
... transactional elements of administration was made for several reasons, the fund told Financial Standard. "It enables ESSSuper to focus on our number one priority - our members. By outsourcing administration, we have more capacity to invest in building ...

AvSuper hunts merger partner, launches EOI process

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 3 DEC 2021
... at its disposal." AvSuper acknowledges the regulator has been encouraging smaller super funds to merge, with particular focus on those under $10 billion. AvSuper has about $2 billion in funds under management. At the same time, the effect of recent changes ...

New digital asset fund launches

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 3 DEC 2021
... manager's original Digital Asset Fund enjoyed a 12-month return of 1570% through to 30 June 2021. The Australian fund will focus on concentrated positions in liquid, super-high-growth digital assets (such as cryptographic coins and tokens) that trade ...

CFS targets adviser market

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2021
... divestment, CBA chief executive Matt Comyn said: "The sale completion represents an important milestone in CBA's strategy to focus on its core banking businesses and to create a simpler and better bank. With our partner KKR, we will support CFS in ...

AustralianSuper, Club Plus complete merger

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2021
... looking forward to providing our new members with their best financial position in retirement," she said. "AustralianSuper's focus when it comes to mergers is about being members first; we want to achieve the best possible outcomes for members, that ...