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Sayers hires tech experts, launches new unit

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020
The investment advisory boutique has made several key appointments in a bid to ramp up its technology and platforms business. Amberjit Endow will lead Sayers' new business, which is launching in early 2021. He joined from Deloitte where he was a ...

State Street launches new data platform

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2020
State Street has launched an end-to-end data management and warehouse solution for institutional investors, partnering with Snowflake and Microsoft Azure. The State Street Alpha Data Platform combines data from multiple sources in the investment process ...

Aussie, Lendi to merge

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2020
Lendi and Commonwealth Bank have entered into an agreement to merge Lendi with Aussie Home Loans. The merged business will maintain a multi-brand strategy but Lendi will also access the more recognisable Aussie brand name and its national network of ...

Australia in China's shadow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2020
"Convince your enemy that he will gain very little by attacking you; this will diminish his enthusiasm" - Sun Tzu, The Art of War It would be surprising and un-Chinese for China not to heed the prescriptions of one of its famous son, Sun Tzu - a military ...

Amazon Web Services expands Australian operations

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2020
Amazon Web Services (AWS) will open a second infrastructure region in Australia next year, assisting the financial services industry to run applications and serve end users from data centres around the country. The AWS Asia Pacific (Melbourne) Region ...

Cbus expands clean-energy holdings

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2020
Cbus has completed the acquisition of a renewable energy asset with the help of a consortium. The partnership with Capital Dynamics and other investors acquired a direct undisclosed interest in two solar photovoltaic (the process of converting light ...

Macquarie acquires US wealth manager

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2020
Macquarie Asset Management has entered into an agreement to acquire US-based asset and wealth manager Waddell & Reed Financial, Inc with further plans to offload part of the business to an advisory firm. The transaction values Waddell & Reed Financial ...

Future Fund appoints chief investment officer

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2020
Australia's sovereign wealth fund has confirmed the appointment of a chief investment officer after Raphael Arndt, who previously held the role, was appointed chief executive. Sue Brake has been confirmed as the chief investment officer of the Future ...

S&P to buy competitor for $60bn

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2020
S&P Global will spend about $60 billion in stock to buy data and analytics provider IHS Markit, with the two merging by 2021 end. S&P and IHS Markit have entered a definitive merger agreement that is unanimously approved by both their boards and are ...

International consortium sets sights on Optus

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2020
A consortium of investors including a $116 billion Canadian pension fund has appointed financial advisers to participate in the upcoming sale of Optus towers. Symphony Consortium, consisting of the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System (OMERS) ...