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Northern Trust names Sydney head

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUN 2017
... appointed a new leader for its recently established Sydney office. Maintaining her role as head of client services Australasia, Sally Surgeon moved from Northern Trust's Melbourne office earlier this month to begin her additional role as head of Sydney ...

FINSIA expands professional network

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2017
The Financial Services Institute of Australasia is broadening its remit to include the securities and investment sectors as part of an expansion strategy for the finance professionals' network. Traditionally focused on the banking and institutional ...

Trustee Partners crosses the ditch

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2017
Trustee Partners made its first overseas investment, acquiring a New Zealand fiduciary services firm with an offer too strong to ignore. A dominant fiduciary services business in the New Zealand market, Complectus, was bought by Trustee Partners in ...

Australian impact investing primed to reach $32bn

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAY 2017
... development of Australia and New Zealand's impact investment market has been launched by Responsible Investment Association Australasia and Impact Investing Australia. The Impact Investment Forum, chaired by former Christian Super chief executive Peter ...

ANZ launches global technology ETF

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 11 APR 2017
... tech names, and through an ETF they can do it easily and for a lower price than buying shares directly." Morningstar Australasia chief executive Heather Brilliant said the firm is pleased ANZ ETFS has licensed its Developed Markets Technology Moat Focus ...

ESG risk tool launches

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 10 APR 2017
MSCI has launched a new interactive tool that assesses environmental, social and governance metrics for 8500 companies globally. The MSCI ESG Metrics helps investors measure a portfolio's ESG risk, particularly where a lack of data can be a significant ...

Responsible investing demand unstoppable

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 3 APR 2017
... governance (ESG) products nevertheless, is on an "unstoppable trajectory", says the Responsible Investment Association Australasia. AMP Capital is a case in point, recently announcing it will divest about $440 million of tobacco manufacturing-related ...

Industry fund launches ethical investment option

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAR 2017
... furthering its commitment to ethical investing. The SRI vehicle is certified by the Responsible Investment Association of Australasia, and funds within in it are managed with a responsible investment framework combining traditional performance metrics ...

QIC answers global infrastructure demand

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAR 2017
Proving that demand for global infrastructure investment is high, the QIC Global Infrastructure Fund (QGIF) closed after exceeding its $1.75 billion target. Representing the hard-cap for its 18-month fund raise, the fund achieved capital commitments ...

IFM sees value in handbags

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2017
... sentiment, describing the partnership as "an exciting development for us as we embark on our next phase of growth in Australasia and internationally. We look forward to working closely with IFM to realise our vision for the Colette by Colette Hayman ...