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Top industry fund bets on DNA sequencing

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAR 2018
Hostplus has joined global investment giants backing a UK-based DNA sequencer, placing $27.5 million in the technology company behind the product. Oxford Nanopore Technologies says it makes the world's only handheld DNA/RNA sequencing devices. Other ...

Is climate change a risk to retirement savings?

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 12 MAR 2018
Trustees at the UK's top 25 pension funds have until the end of the month to tell the British parliament what steps are being taken to safeguard $977 billion of retirement money from the impact of climate change. The Environmental Audit Committee's ...

AdviserLogic signs with global risk profiling giant

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2018
Financial advisers using AdviserLogic's CRM system will now be able to assess a client's risk tolerance score following a partnership with global service provider FinaMetrica. The risk tolerance solutions provider has integrated its 25 and short 12 ...

Link signs two industry funds, eyes UK pension admin

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2018
Fund administration giant Link Group is sizing its opportunity to enter the UK pension market following the successful acquisition of Capita Asset Services and continued growth across the global business. Come 30 June 2018, about half of Link's revenue ...

Industry fund chases insurance giant on climate risk

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2018
A $10 billion industry superannuation fund is working with retail shareholders of a major ASX-listed insurer to force disclosures on climate risk. Local Government Super has co-filed a shareholder resolution over QBE Insurance Group's failure to disclose ...

Senior RBA figure joins life insurer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAR 2018
The chief information officer at the Reserve Bank of Australia will join MLC Life in a newly created executive role. Sarv Girn will join MLC Life's leadership team in the new position of chief innovation and transformation officer. Girn will lead the ...

La Trobe marches credit fund beyond $2bn

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2018
Self-managed superannuation fund members have driven the La Trobe Financial Credit Fund to more than $2 billion in funds under management, tripling its size in three years. The fund, which sits on more than 10 platforms and 200 approved product lists ...

Thomson Reuters sells analytics business to institutional investors

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2018
A Canadian pension fund, Singapore's sovereign wealth fund and a global private equity giant have purchased a stake in Thomson Reuters' Financial and Risk business. Private equity funds managed by Blackstone, together with the Canada Pension Plan Investment ...

CBA purchase shifts AIA Australia executive team

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2018
AIA Australia has appointed a new chief of people and culture to oversee its Australian and New Zealand workforce, a direct result of acquiring the Commonwealth Bank life insurance business. The newest addition to AIA Australia's executive team is Charlotte ...

Online Aussie consumer giant enters life insurance market

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2018
One of Australia's leading online consumer brands is entering the life insurance industry via a distribution partnership. Under the agreement with life insurance distributor Greenstone Financial Services, Kogan.com (Kogan) will offer life insurance ...