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State Street, Vanguard complete world first blockchain trade

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 DEC 2021
... services and innovative capabilities," he said. "We're excited to partner with State Street and Symbiont on the world's first ever digital collateral-linked currency forward trade margining process. Leveraging cutting-edge distributed ledger technology ...

AustralianSuper, Club Plus complete merger

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2021
AustralianSuper has welcomed almost 60,000 new members following the completion of its merger with Club Plus Super. The successor fund transfer, announced in May, saw the transition of $3.2 billion in funds under management and brings AustralianSuper's ...

ETF Securities, 21Shares partner for Australia's first crypto ETFs

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2021
ETF Securities and 21Shares are partnering to launch Australia's first direct Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs and a best-in-class blockchain research and education centre. Subject to regulatory approvals, the ETFS 21Shares Bitcoin ETF and ETFS 21Shares Ethereum ...

Hostplus, Intrust merger complete

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 29 NOV 2021
Hostplus and Intrust Super have finalised their merger, as first reported by Financial Standard in May. Intrust transitioned over 90,000 members, 25,000 employer clients, and $3 billion in funds under management to Hostplus, effectively taking the latter's ...

Economic recap: Week to November 26

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 NOV 2021
... above) their policy adjustments - "so as to maintain low inflation and support maximum sustainable employment". New Zealand's first increase in interest rates since June 2014 was quickly followed with another 25 bp increase in the RBNZ's official cash ...

Packhorse names ESG head

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 NOV 2021
The agriculture cattle property investment manager appointed a head of ESG, specialising in soil carbon. Elaine Mitchell will be responsible for ensuring nature and biodiversity is at the forefront of operations, while generating consistent and sustainable ...

WA government seeks to improve WA's ESG outcomes

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 NOV 2021
The McGowan government has released Western Australia's first-ever environment, social and governance (ESG) information pack to inform a broad range of investors considering the state as an investment destination. The pack has been developed primarily ...

Morrison & Co launches new fund

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 23 NOV 2021
H.R.L. Morrison & Co has launched a new open-ended global infrastructure fund. The Morrison & Co Infrastructure Partnership ('MCO IP'), securing more than US$3 billion in fund commitments and co-investment capital from anchor investors on its ...

Citi launches sustainability-linked supply chain finance

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 NOV 2021
Citi launched its first sustainability-linked supply chain finance program in Asia Pacific, aiming to support clients advance their ESG priorities. The supply chain finance programs provide funding to a client's suppliers from the date of collection ...

Citi Foundation awards over $1m to community partners

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 18 NOV 2021
... Citi. Globally, Citi celebrated Disability Awareness Month in October and our partnership with the Paralympics is Citi's first global, mission-led collaboration," chief executive Marc Luet said. "It made perfect sense for us to extend this focus ...