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Citi scores custody mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 NOV 2021
An Australian exchange-traded fund manager appointed Citi Australia as its new custodian and fund administrator. BetaShares, with $21 billion in assets under management, has partnered with Citi. The fund manager was previously with RBC Investor & Treasury ...

abrdn outlines climate change action plan

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 5 NOV 2021
... against relevant standards". After two years, where it feels insufficient progress has been made and where the client mandate allows, it will divest these holdings. The group has also committed to reaching net zero across its own operations by 2040. ...

BNP Paribas scores new FX mandate

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 29 OCT 2021
... BNP Paribas for its portfolio of middle office clients, BNP Paribas has an existing portfolio administration and custody mandate with the firm. The mandate involves BNP Paribas enhancing an existing proprietary FX service already in place for custody ...

Unpaid super tops $5bn per year: ISA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2021
Latest analysis by Industry Super Australia shows about $5 billion in super went unpaid in the 2018-19 financial year, owed to about three million workers. On average, Australian workers lose about $1700 in superannuation each year, ISA said, amounting ...

Kilter wins $70m mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 OCT 2021
Kilter Rural has won a $70 million mandate from an unnamed US institutional investor. Kilter, which has $250 million in funds under management, will invest in sustainable Australian agriculture and water assets on behalf of the client. Established in ...

Macquarie Equities awards back-office mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 26 OCT 2021
Macquarie Equities awarded a third-party clearing and settlements mandate to Third Party Platform. TPP, the subsidiary of ASX-listed Bell Financial Group, will begin servicing Macquarie Equities' private bank and wrap platform this month. TPP has ...

MLC Life wins group mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 22 OCT 2021
MLC Life has been handed a new group insurance mandate from a retail superannuation provider. Going forward, MLC Life will provide group insurance cover to members of GROW Super, Superhero, the Allan Gray Superannuation Fund and several others after ...

AMP reports mixed quarter

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 21 OCT 2021
... she said. "AMP Capital's cashflows primarily reflected the internal outflows from NZWM, after the transition of the mandate to an index-based investment strategy, announced earlier this year, in line with market trends. Our Private Markets teams ...

VFMC investment stewardship lead exits

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 19 OCT 2021
The head of investment stewardship at VFMC has departed, with an interim replacement appointed. VFMC has confirmed the departure of Talieh Williams, its head of investment stewardship for the last 18 months. Williams joined VFMC in February 2020 from ...

Colonial First State seeks MySuper redemption

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 19 OCT 2021
... test, Colonial First State (CFS) has appointed BlackRock to run strategies across its two MySuper funds. BlackRock won the mandate to provide investment services to CFS' FirstChoice Employer Super (FCES) and Commonwealth Essential Super (CES) following ...