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Maple-Brown Abbott hires for new strategy

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 OCT 2021
Maple-Brown Abbott has appointed a global head of emerging markets as it launches a new strategy investing in the space. The boutique hired John Moorhead to the newly created role. He is based in Sydney and will report to chief executive and managing ...

Super funds extend poor disclosure to ESG holdings

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 11 OCT 2021
Superannuation funds are extending their opaque disclosure practices to their environment, social and governance commitments. The recent Financial Standard Best Practice Forum on ESG heard that only a small subset of super funds are walking the talk ...

Pendal makes changes in BIDS business

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 OCT 2021
Pendal is realigning some aspects of its investments team, in a move that will see Vimal Gor's role change and four members of the broader team made redundant. In an internal announcement last Friday morning, the Pendal team was informed that the ...

Spaceship hikes Voyager fees

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 30 SEP 2021
The micro-investing app is introducing a flat management fee to replace its current percentage-based fee structure, despite its chief executive previously saying there were no plans to increase fees. From November 1, customers invested in a Spaceship ...

Crypto custodian coming to Australia

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 28 SEP 2021
Cryptocurrency custody platform Shillings is gearing up to launch in Australia. Shillings said it expects to launch in Australia during the final quarter of 2021. The platform said it will use special private key shards, formed simultaneously and in ...

Aware Super builds out affordable housing

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 23 SEP 2021
The $140 billion super fund is furthering its commitment to affordable housing with the acquisition of a site in Melbourne. Aware Super and its investment Partner Altis Property Partners purchased the 7000 square metre Bayview on the Park site and will ...

Accumulation bubble ending: AFA

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 SEP 2021
The massive accumulation bubble that Australia has experienced for years is coming to a close with a shift to a deaccumulation bubble sparking the need for advice processes to change, according to CoreData. Speaking at the Association of Financial Advisers ...

ASIC worried about finfluencers

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 21 SEP 2021
ASIC is concerned that Australians are turning to financial influencers for advice because professional financial advice is too expensive. New ASIC chair Joe Longo spoke at the Association of Financial Advisers' annual national conference. Longo said ...

Australian Ethical makes strategic investment

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 20 SEP 2021
Australian Ethical has made a strategic investment in Main Sequence, a deep technology investment fund founded by the CSIRO. Main Sequence welcomed the investment, saying that it will apply venture capital to play a role in solving challenges in health ...

BNP Paribas launches sustainable trusts

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 17 SEP 2021
BNP Paribas Asset Management Australia launched three global sustainability trusts to meet demand from Australian and New Zealand clients. BNP Paribas' Green Bond Trust, EARTH Trust and China Equity Trust adhere to the firm's global sustainability strategy ...