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NZ Super Fund names head of portfolio investments

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 16 NOV 2021
... Super Fund joined the Net Zero Asset Owners Commitment to support achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2050. The initiative helps asset owners on the pathway to net zero by providing metrics and methodologies for sovereign bonds, listed equity and ...

Metrics Credit Partners acquires

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 12 NOV 2021
Metrics Credit Partners has acquired a small and medium-sized enterprise business lending specialist. Metrics has acquired SME lender Bigstone Finance. Metrics managing partner Andrew Lockhart said the addition of the Bigstone team to the funding capability ...

Citi Securities Services, SimCorp sign deal

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 5 NOV 2021
Citi Securities Services has entered a strategic alliance that will see it integrate post-trade custody data with SimCorp for their mutual clients. SimCorp's technology and service solutions will collaborate with Citi's proprietary custody network across ...

ASIC outlines ROA guidance

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 5 NOV 2021
The corporate regulator released examples of Records of Advice (ROA) to provide clarity to financial advisers and licensees on their obligations when using them for clients. The information sheet, INFO 266 FAQs: Records of Advice, provides answers to ...

Governments must act on net zero: Morningstar

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 NOV 2021
... pledged to achieve a carbon neutral investment strategy by 2050 or sooner under the banner of the Net Zero Asset Managers Initiative. The survey comes after FINSIA came out urging the financial services industry to increase climate science skills to ...

Midwinter hires from Integrity Life

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 1 NOV 2021
Bravura Solutions' advice technology division hired a chief technology officer from Integrity Life. Fraser Hamilton joined Midwinter as chief technology officer, taking over from Andrew McClelland who is stepping back to focus on the group's strategic ...

CFS joins firms in net zero alignment

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2021
... disclose progress to demonstrate advancement towards the 2030 target. CFS also became a signatory to the investor-led initiative, Climate Action 100+, which ensure the world's largest corporate greenhouse gas emitters take necessary action on climate ...

Centuria, MAF make joint acquisition

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 OCT 2021
Centuria Capital Group and MA Financial Group (MAF) have partnered to acquire an office site in Adelaide. Both groups will take a 50% interest in 25 Grenfell Street in the Adelaide CBD for $83.3 million each. The 24-level office building will be jointly ...

UBS names country head from BlackRock

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 18 OCT 2021
... general counsel and head of public policy for Australasia. She was also the executive sponsor for BlackRock Women's Initiative Australasia and at the firm's Philanthropic Committee as well as seats on BlackRock's Asia Pacific Stewardship Committee and ...

Industry slams Future Fund disclosure exemption

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 15 OCT 2021
The super industry is calling for mandated consistency on portfolio holdings disclosure after it was recommended the Future Fund be exempt from disclosing commercially sensitive information. The Senate Committee report released this week on disclosure ...