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Active Super awards back-office mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 17 AUG 2021
Active Super has awarded a back-office mandate to Investment Control Systems (ICS) in a bid to increase efficiencies. ICS will help Active Super manage and automate several functions such as exposure reporting, cash forecasting, rebalancing, performance ...

Sydney Airport rejects AustralianSuper takeover

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 16 AUG 2021
Sydney Airport has again rejected a takeover bid, with AustralianSuper now joining the consortium attempting to buy the airport. Sydney Airport today announced to the ASX that it has received a revised and non-binding proposal and concluded that it ...

New equality push in investments

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 13 AUG 2021
... a new push for gender equality in investment management. The FSC launched the Women in Investment Management Charter, in a bid to improve female representation in the funds management industry. "The FSC surveyed our domestic and global fund manager members ...

La Trobe unveils two income products

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 AUG 2021
La Trobe Financial Group has launched two products in a bid to combat the low interest rate environment. The first product, the 6 Month Notice Account, with a variable rate of 2.50% p.a. calculated monthly allows investors to access their funds with ...

EQT ups bid for Iress

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 AUG 2021
EQT Fund Management increased its takeover bid for Iress and made allowances for an interim dividend for shareholders. EQT upped its bid from $15.75 per Iress share to $15.91 plus a dividend of 16 cents per share. In its two previous bids, EQT did not ...

Abrdn acquires robo-adviser

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 AUG 2021
... vision and use its reach to deliver the proposition to customers." In April, Standard Life Aberdeen changed its name Abrdn in a bid to revamp the company with a modern edge.

Single disciplinary body consultation opens

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 AUG 2021
Senator Jane Hume opened consultations on the highly anticipated Better Advice Bill in a bid to iron out the details on how the Financial Services and Credit Panel will operate. This afternoon, the Morrison government asked for feedback relating to ...

Apex expands APAC team

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 6 AUG 2021
Apex Group is continuing its growth plans across the Asia Pacific region with the appointment of a head of private market sales - Australia and head of real estate, Asia Pacific. Andrea Gallenca has joined as head of private markets for Australia from ...

Bitcoin fund manager hires distribution lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2021
... around digital assets and we look forward to progressively releasing this content over a range of mediums," Hobart said. In a bid to expand, Yew appointed former Blue Sky Alternatives chief investment officer David Hobart as Monochrome's investments ...

Three join embattled AMP Capital fund

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUL 2021
AMP Capital's Community Infrastructure Fund (CommIF), which has been fighting takeover bids and losing staff members, has made three key appointments. Odette Linnett has been appointed investment director, Carolyn van Leuven as senior advisor and Mathew ...