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CBA, Northern Trust announce Green Repurchase Agreement

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 13 DEC 2021
... a $50 million transaction utilising a new Green Repurchase Agreement (Green Repo) as certified by the Climate Bond Initiative (CBI). A first for the Australian market, this certified product provides an additional source of funding available to finance ...

Number one challenge for advice firms revealed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 10 DEC 2021
... one of their top three operational initiatives or challenges. In the US, only 12% of firms cited compliance as a top initiative or challenge. Dimensional Australia client group co-head Nathan Krieger said the challenge for the advice sector is clearly ...

AZ NGA recruits chief operating officer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 DEC 2021
The chief operating officer of Countplus will join AZ Next Generation Advisory in the new year, spearheading the group's expansion plans. Graham McGeagh has been with Countplus since 2018 but will join AZ NGA as its chief operating officer in early ...

State Street, Vanguard complete world first blockchain trade

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 DEC 2021
... Street Digital is incredibly pleased to have collaborated with both Vanguard and Symbiont on this monumental industry initiative to digitise the margining process around collateralised foreign exchange forward contracts that will reduce our customers ...

Financial Advice Hub goes live

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 DEC 2021
The one-stop shop for regulatory information for financial advisers launched on December 7. ASIC unveiled the new webpage following feedback from the industry that its resources were hard to find. The hub now consolidates ASIC's existing regulatory ...

New head of strategy at Crescent Group

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 6 DEC 2021
Crescent Group has appointed Islamic finance expert Sayd Farook to the head of strategy role, based in Sydney. His appointment comes as the group launches a five-year strategic plan to grow its assets under management to $5 billion by the end of 2026. ...

Rainmaker executive awarded prestigious scholarship

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 3 DEC 2021
... the future of Australian media," she said. Thanking the Kerridge family and CEW, Baltazar added: "This is an amazing initiative that will go a long way in addressing gender equity and diversity in my profession." "I would also like to thank my mentors ...

Iress to take admin reigns at ESSSuper

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 3 DEC 2021
... function over to Iress. ESSSuper and Iress have been working together since late 2019 on Project Voyager, a strategic initiative undertaken to prepare the super fund for outsourcing of its administration. The decision to outsource the transactional elements ...

New LGBTIQ investment option

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2021
... insights relative to diversity, equity and inclusion that can be used to advance Newday's work across its impact investing initiative in this area. OutRight recently distributed US$3.2M in COVID-19 relief through its Global LGBTIQ Emergency Fund, and ...

Fund manager eyes $735m listing

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 DEC 2021
A $4.2 billion real estate fund manager is set to list on the ASX with an indicative market capitalisation of $735 million. Qualitas Group is hoping to raise $335 million based on an offer price of $2.50 per share, with some 134 million of shares issued ...