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Asset manager launches quant platform after acquisition

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2016
A global asset manager is leveraging an acquisition of a UK-based firm to launch its new long-only and alternatives quantitative investing platform, as well as diversify its active management capabilities. GAM is buying Cantab Capital Partners with ...

Aspen Group CEO, CFO and chair depart in restructure

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2016
The chief executive, chief financial officer and chair of listed property investment firm Aspen Group will leave the company following a planned management restructure. In an ASX statement, Aspen's board said that the group's strategy "can best be pursued ...

ANZ platform exec goes to Canadian tech firm

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2016
A former platform executive at ANZ has announced he has taken up a senior role at a Canadian technology firm. Dean Hanna was head of platform at ANZ's Digital Innovation and Analytics Lab from 2014 to 2016. Prior to that, he held two other roles at ...

Medcraft steps down from global leadership position

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2016
ASIC chair Greg Medcraf has announced he will step down from a global leadership position so as to "refresh" the organisation. Medcraft was chair of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) for the past three years. He declined ...

Bank love affair with wealth management waning

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2016
The wealth management industry has been embroiled in one scandal after another and as it struggles to meet both shareholder and customer demands, a number of big players are re-evaluating their commitment to wealth management. Unlike many international ...

Agriculture ripe for institutional picking

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2016
In June next year the gross value of Australia's annual farm production is expected to pass $60 billion for the first time, a reflection of improved prospects in livestock and cropping industries. But a lack of consultant coverage means the opportunity ...

Fintechs to drive Australia's economy

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2016
Fintechs feature predominantly in a new list recognising superior leadership in technology and services innovation throughout Australia and New Zealand, but wealth management's representation is sparse. Yesterday H2 Ventures and Investec launched the ...

NAB launches asset backed green bond

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2016
National Australia Bank (NAB) has launched Australia's first Green ABS securitisation transaction for FlexiGroup. It represents Australia's first Australian-dollar denominated, publicly offered asset-backed green bond and the world's first "Climate ...

MSCI measures insto ESG exposure

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2016
Global index and research house MSCI has launched an MSCI ACWI Sustainable Impact Index alongside its MSCI ESG Sustainable Impact Metrics with the aim of allowing institutional investors to measure exposure to public companies whose products and services ...

Aspen Group to consider restructure and acquisition

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2016
Listed property investment and funds management company Aspen Group has received an unsolicited proposal from Mill Hill Capital (MHC) to acquire Edward Baillie Capital Hotel & Leisure Fund's (EBCHLF) hotel/motel portfolio and operations, appoint two ...