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Goodments by Douugh now in Australia

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2021
US-based investing app Goodments by Douugh is now available in Australia, offering brokerage-free access to US stocks and ETFs. Goodments was founded in 2017 by former ANZ financial adviser Tom Culver and then-Leo Burnett advertising executive Emily ...

Iress hires head of product design

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUN 2021
... digital consultant firm Transpire where he was director of user experience. He is also currently chair and mentor of RMIT Venture Mentoring Service to help prospective entrepreneurs and researchers to develop business skills and design leader forum member ...

Primewest accepts merger offer

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUN 2021
... senior executives of Centuria and existing employees will be retained. The merger comes after Primewest formed a joint venture with a fund advised by BlackRock Real Assets and exchanged contracts to acquire an office tower in Perth with the settlement ...

Fund administrator eyes Australia

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2021
... across six Asia Pacific countries, including hedge funds, unit trusts, funds of funds, private equity, managed accounts, venture capital and digital asset funds. Its push into Australia comes as it sees opportunities in servicing funds investing in alternative ...

Super funds hunt for co-investment deals

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAY 2021
... As a whole, the Australian private capital industry reached a record-breaking $77 billion in AUM as at June 2020. While venture capital received a record $1.3 billion boost in assets last year - almost double the amount secured in 2019 of $735 million ...

Super fund ventures into robo-advice

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2021
A $5 billion superannuation fund is introducing a robo intra-fund advice solution to members. With the help of Link Group's Super Blueprint, legalsuper will offer the digital intra-fund advice to its 43,000 members. The offer builds on an existing partnership ...

BlackRock secures licence to operate in China

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 MAY 2021
... advanced its expansion into China, obtaining a licence from the local regulator to operate in wealth management via a joint venture. China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission (CBIRC) has granted BlackRock CCB Wealth Management, which is owned ...

James Murdoch launches SPAC

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAY 2021
... special purpose acquisition company (SPAC). Seven Islands will be the name of the SPAC, and papers show it is a joint venture between Murdoch's private holding company Lupa Systems and Shankar. Papers filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission ...

Equip, Catholic appoint acting CIO

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAY 2021
... chief investment office r on May 11. She has been the chief investment officer of Equipsuper and Catholic Super joint venture since 2018. Prior to this, she worked at JANA and Perpetual. "Anna will remain with Togethr Trustees until July, to deliver ...

AMP Australia announces new leadership team

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021
... Australia's chief investment officer has been the chief investment officer of Equipsuper and Catholic Super joint venture since 2018. Prior to this, she worked at JANA and Perpetual. Lastly, Sunsuper's chief financial officer Jason Sommer is ...