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eToro combines with SPAC, plans to list

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAR 2021
Investment platform eToro has entered a business combination with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) and revealed plans to list on the NASDAQ. eToro will merge with NASDAQ listed FinTech Acquisition Corp (FTCV), entering into a definitive ...

Bell AM wins mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 15 MAR 2021
The Melbourne equities boutique has been appointed to manage a new $100 million fund launched by Swisse Union Bancaire Privee, with which it has a strategic partnership. Bell Asset Management will manage UBP's global SMID-cap equity which will invest ...

Global net zero framework launched

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAR 2021
The Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change has launched the Net Zero Investment Framework, providing institutional investors with a guide to implementing a net-zero investment strategy. Building on the IIGCC's existing body of work, the framework ...

No more easy 6% returns: Fidelity

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2021
Despite the fairly sunny economic outlook, lower investment returns are a reality that institutional investors will have to grapple with, according to Fidelity International. Fidelity International cross asset investment specialist Anthony Doyle said ...

New investment manager enters Aussie market

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 8 MAR 2021
Fullgoal Asset Management, a Chinese equity and fixed income investment manager, has expanded its distribution to cover the Australian and New Zealand markets by retaining 3PD. Fullgoal, which has investment teams in Shanghai and Hong Kong, has AU$200 ...

VanEck launches new ETFs

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAR 2021
VanEck has expanded its range of ETFs, announcing two new offerings to join its new Global Clean Energy ETF. The VanEck Vectors MSCI International Small Companies Quality ETF (QSML) and VanEck Vectors MSCI International Value ETF (VLUE) will soon commence ...

Global investor confidence suffers

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2021
Global investor confidence has decreased since the start of the year, with large drops in Asia and Europe dragging down the index, according to State Street. The Global Investor Confidence Index decreased to 91.9, down 8.9 points from January's revised ...

Asset managers move to ESG

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2021
... governance (ESG) investments in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, new research shows. MSCI's 2021 Global Institutional Investor Survey showed the pandemic sparked 79% of APAC investors to increase their exposure to ESG investments. In addition, 57% ...

Northern Trust boosts whole office strategy

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2021
Northern Trust has partnered with a multi-asset class investment management platform to streamline its front-to-back office operations offering for asset managers. The alliance will integrate IHS Markit's thinkFolio with Northern Trust's middle office ...

Longstanding Challenger exec in new role

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2021
Challenger's executive director, real estate investments has taken on a new role with a fund manager. Chris Pak has joined EG as divisional director of business development after over seven years in his previous role and a further seven as general manager ...