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Fidelity hires sustainability director

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAY 2021
Fidelity International has appointed a director of sustainable investing who is based in Hong Kong. Gabriel Wilson-Otto will further integrate sustainability considerations into Fidelity's investment process, working closely with the research unit on ...

What instos want from managers

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAY 2021
The latest Morrow Sodali institutional investor survey has revealed what some of the largest institutional investors in the world want from fund managers and companies. The survey asked 40 institutional investors, representing US $29 trillion in assets ...

Instos seek unique alternatives

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2021
Australian institutional investors are actively increasing their allocations to alternatives, particularly those that deliver idiosyncratic values and opportunities. According to the inaugural Nuveen and CoreData survey, more than half (55%) of asset ...

CBA opens Amsterdam office, eyes European instos

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2020
Armed with a new licence, the Commonwealth Bank is making a play for European institutional investors by establishing a new office in the Netherlands. The newly licensed Dutch subsidiary, Commonwealth Bank of Australia (Europe) N.V., is scheduled to ...

Fidante signs on new partner

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2020
Challenger's Fidante Partners has signed on a private equity manager focused on food and agribusiness. Fidante will market Minneapolis-headquartered Proterra Investment Partners' Asia Food Strategy to European investors. Proterra has $4.4 billion in ...

Insto demand sees digital asset manager launch

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2020
A newly launched UK asset management firm is catering to institutional investors' increasing interest in digital assets, piquing the curiosity of Australian high-net-worths. London-based ByteTree Asset Management launched this week with a mission to ...

Sydney boutique sharpens focus on HNWs

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2020
... Michael Easson (current chair of ASFA), Shane Geha and Adam Geha. It is owned by their families. Recent focus has been in the insto market but it's once again shifting focus to HNW investors. "From 2006 onwards, [our funds] were backed by large instos ...

MLC appoints new head of insto distribution

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2020
MLC Asset Management has appointed a head of institutional distribution, a new role that has been created as the business transitions following the sale to IOOF. Read Taylor Price steps into the role, joining MLC from Fisher Investments where he has ...

Instos dial up alternatives allocations

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2020
Most institutional investors are seeking alternative investments to safeguard against COVID-19 volatility. New CoreData Research reveals nearly half (40%) of the 459 participants it surveyed between June and July will ramp up allocations to alternatives ...

Challenger boutique managing Nikko strategy

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2020
... investments. The relationship was first noted in Challenger's annual report for FY20 released last week. It is for Nikko's Japanese insto clients, with plans to offer the product to Nikko's broader client base in Japan. Nikko declined to comment on the ...