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Digital advice predicted to soar in 2022

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 14 JAN 2022
... point, as is HUB24's acquisition of Easton and Class. Interestingly, major cloud providers like Amazon, Google and Microsoft are predicted to make a significant move in wealth management. Amazon already has strong connections with Iress, as does ...

Fidelity launches active ETF

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 DEC 2021
... 18.4% per annum while its benchmark achieved 16.4% p.a. Some of the top holdings the managed fund invests in include Microsoft, Amazon, Alphabet, Apple, L'Oreal and Taiwan Semiconductor. The fund excludes investing in companies involved in tobacco, semi-automatic ...

Calastone partners with Microsoft for fund, data services

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2021
Calastone has partnered with Microsoft to enhance its fund and data offerings in a wider effort to drive new opportunities for collective investments worldwide. As part of the partnership, Calastone recently built DMI Fund Services using Microsoft's ...

AMP hires from AustralianSuper

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 DEC 2021
... Labs, as well as in strategy and business optimisation for the corporate and commercial bank. She has also worked at Microsoft, Deloitte and Accenture, working across Australia, the US and UK. AMP chief executive Alexis George said she looks forward ...

InvestSMART launches ethical product

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 18 NOV 2021
... ESG analysis are excluded from the criteria. The current top holdings in the fund are CSL, Commonwealth Bank, Apple, Microsoft and Westpac. The offer opened on November 15 and closes on November 26. The minimum investment is $10,000 with management fees ...

Licensee awards tech mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUN 2021
... fact-find solution. In March, ROAR patented Highlighter, its proprietary application that enables the conversion of Microsoft Excel tools into online web applications. ROAR chief executive Kevin Liao said this allows financial advisers to develop fully ...

State Street launches new data platform

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2020
... 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 (internal and ...

Magellan axes currency hedging in trust

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2020
... to 12 of Magellan's highest conviction ideas. Currently, its largest five holdings include Alibaba Group, Alphabet, Microsoft, Starbucks and Tencent. Magellan is restructuring its retail global equities funds to create a $15 billion fund that will combine ...

GMO launches global equities fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2020
... calendar years, the portfolio beat both the benchmarks. Nearly 45% of the portfolio was invested in 10 stocks: Apple, Microsoft, Alphabet, UnitedHealth Group, Accenture, Coca-Cola, Oracle, Johnson & Johnson, Facebook and Medtronic. Geographically, 83% ...

Female fund managers outperform men

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2020
... male counterparts prefer the financials sector, female-managed funds tend to favour tech stocks like Amazon, Apple, Microsoft and Tesla. Female-managed funds tend to have the lowest allocation to stocks like Berkshire Hathaway, Wells Fargo and Exxon ...