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Hostplus axes manager

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 DEC 2020
Hostplus has terminated an Australian equities mandate with a Franklin Templeton subsidiary. Balanced Equity Management is a wholly owned subsidiary of Franklin Templeton Investments Australia with approximately $8 billion in funds under management. ...

Redpoint wins $50m mandate

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2020
Redpoint Investment has won a $50 million socially responsible investing (SRI) mandate within JANA's SRI Australian Share Trust. Redpoint chief executive Max Cappetta said the mandate validates the manager's focus on sustainability and ESG ...

BNP Paribas wins custody mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2020
BNP Paribas has won a mandate to serve as sub-custodian in Australia and New Zealand for a large European firm. Clearstream appointed BNP Paribas Securities Services to provide local sub-custody services. Clearstream currently has a partnership with ...

Commonwealth Super awards mandate for new strategy

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2020
Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation, the $50 billion fund for government employees, has launched a new partnership with a sustainable asset manager. CSC and Osmosis Investment Management have partnered to launch a Resource Efficient Core Equity ...

Government fund awards mandate

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2020
A $31.2 billion government fund has selected a new manager for its ethical investment option. ESSSuper, the government fund for emergency services, has appointed Pendal as the sole investment manager for its Ethically Minded option, effective from 11 ...

Hedge fund switched traders with algorithm

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2020
... under management to the SEC in its 2016 filings. BlueCrest was an investment manager for ESSSuper but dropped off its mandate list in FY20. The Future Fund hired BlueCrest in 2010 to manage its alternatives assets. It also managed assets for Nationwide ...

Iress scores dealer group mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2020
A privately owned dealer group home to more than 70 financial advisers has partnered with Iress to provide a streamlined compliance solution. FYG has adopted Iress' data analytics solution, Lumen. The Lumen software scans for risks such as non-compliance ...

NAB wins custody mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2020
NAB Asset Servicing has been appointed the custodian for a banking group. Suncorp Group's insurance, wealth and funds management businesses will use NAB Asset Servicing as custodian in Australia and New Zealand. The contract includes nine Suncorp entities ...

Data letting ESG down: BlackRock

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2020
Despite the growing emphasis on sustainability and the mainstream nature of ESG considerations, investors are still struggling to find adequate data to inform their decisions. This is according to BlackRock's 2020 Global Sustainable Investing Survey ...

Nasdaq proposes diversity rules

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2020
The major stock exchange has put into motion new rules that will require its companies to have at least one female and one person who identifies as either an underrepresented minority or LGBTQ+ on boards. Nasdaq has filed the proposal with the US Securities ...