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Super fund awards first ESG mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUL 2021
... to manage $125 million via its Global Fixed Income ESG Fund, comprising investments in sovereigns, corporates and asset-backed securities. This is the first ESG mandate the super fund has awarded and, as First Super implements a Responsible Investing ...

Westpac sells NZ life business

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUL 2021
... Westpac announced the sale of its New Zealand life insurance arm, finding a buyer in Fidelity Life Assurance, which is backed by NZ Super Fund. The institution is selling the life insurance division for NZ$400 million ($373 million) in addition to a ...

Stop abusers hiding super: AIST

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUL 2021
... government originally announced that it would progress this measure in 2018. AIST's position on the proposed law change is also backed up by the Retirement Income Review. The submission quotes the Retirement Income Review, saying: "The process of discovering ...

Schroders head of distribution exits

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUN 2021
... Asset Management's Australian business and left as the business was acquired by Yarra Capital Management, which is backed by American private equity investor TA Associates. Schroders is best known locally for its fixed income and multi-asset business ...

Stake taps FinClear for ASX offering

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUN 2021
Magellan-backed FinClear has been selected by Stake for trading, execution and clearing services as it moves into Aussie equities. Commission-free digital brokerage platform Stake recently announced it will add Australian equities to its platform, after ...

Coolabah lists fund on Chi-X

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 21 JUN 2021
... the Bloomberg Ausbond Composite Bond 0+ Yr Index. It invests in bonds issued by governments, banks, corporates, and asset-backed securities and residential mortgage-backed securities with an average target credit rating of A. Coolabah has priced the ...

Goodments by Douugh now in Australia

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2021
... founded in 2017 by former ANZ financial adviser Tom Culver and then-Leo Burnett advertising executive Emily Taylor and backed by H2 Ventures. That same year it was named the winner of the inaugural EY WAMTech PitchFest. Douugh acquired Goodments in January ...

Super funds back carbon startup

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUN 2021
A new carbon risk management startup backed by Aware Super, Energy Super and Future Super has launched with former AMP chair Catherine Brenner on the board. Emmi will collect and analyse data on carbon emissions to assess businesses' financial risks ...

State Street launches dedicated crypto, blockchain business

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2021
... interoperability, was launched. And, so far this year, the company has been appointed as administrator of a planned bitcoin backed exchange traded note and as the fund administrator and transfer agent of the VanEck Bitcoin Trust, a new bitcoin ETF that ...

Ironbark signs on Canadian manager

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 24 MAY 2021
... for our institutional and wholesale suite. To be partnering with a manager which is a leader in global infrastructure, backed by a highly specialised and deeply experienced team will be an exciting offering for investors in the Australia/New Zealand ...