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Elston expands team

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2020
Elston Asset Management has expanded their investment team with two new appointments. Artem Zainitdinov has been appointed as equities dealer/portfolio analyst with Elston. Meanwhile, David Seager has been brought on as an investment analyst in the ...

AMP Capital bets on AI

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2020
AMP Capital has announced it will roll out energy saving artificial intelligence (AI) technology to regulate building comfort and energy use automatically. The AI system will work to reflect changes in outside temperature and occupancy of the building ...

Hostplus invests in vegan meat, sustainability

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2020
Hostplus has ramped up its private equity investments with a commitment of over $1 billion across projects that tackle climate change including a meat alternative. The $48 billion industry fund's annual report outlined the investments in medical ...

UBS, Insight IM win Future Fund mandates

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2020
UBS and Insight Investment Management won significant mandates last financial year, helping manage the equities portfolio for the $161 billion Future Fund. According to the sovereign wealth fund's FY20 annual report, UBS won an Aussie equities ...

State Super appoints academic oversight body

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2020
State Super has appointed an independent academic oversight body for its investment data science program. The fund said the use of data science is growing, though using insights from more complex machine learning based models requires a strong governance ...

Consortium eyes Link Group

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2020
Two private equity firms are spearheading a takeover of Link Group to acquire 100% of the ASX-listed administrator. The consortium led by Pacific Equity Partners and Carlyle Group is offering $5.20 per share via a scheme of arrangement. Perpetual, which ...

BNP Paribas AM names Asian equities lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2020
BNP Paribas Asset Management has made further changes to its Asian equities business, appointing a new lead for the Hong Kong-based team. Zhikai Chen took over the role of head of Asian equities on October 8, joining from Lombard Odier Group where he ...

Crypto exchange owners charged

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2020
The founders of derivatives cryptocurrency exchange BitMEX are facing criminal charges for allegedly violating anti-money laundering laws and basic compliance procedures. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has charged co-founders Arthur ...

Hume clarifies survival of the fittest in MySuper

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2020
Senator Jane Hume has clarified why the government's latest reforms will seek to identify underperforming MySuper products. Hume was speaking at a Financial Services Council (FSC) event about the Your Super, Your Future package announced as part of ...

Several black holes in budget

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2020
There were several missed opportunities in the federal government's 2021 budget, according to industry leaders in the superannuation and charitable-giving sectors. The superannuation sector is letting Treasurer Josh Frydenberg's proposals sink ...