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New global retirement unit at T. Rowe Price

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JAN 2024
With roughly two-thirds of its assets under management now held in retirement or related accounts, T. Rowe Price is establishing a team dedicated to the development of new products and services for the space. T. Rowe Price said the business unit will ...

Boards unprepared for new workplace laws: Research

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2023
New research finds most directors are concerned their boards aren't fully ready to meet new workplace sexual harassment laws introduced this week. Effective December 12, the Australian Human Rights Commission is now enforcing the Positive Duty under ...

UK to overhaul advice affordability, access

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 12 DEC 2023
... Britons who have straightforward needs and smaller amounts to invest. The Advice Guidance Boundary Review, a joint initiative with the UK government, also aims to clarify when firms can give consumers support without providing regulated financial advice ...

IFM Investors appoints global head of strategy

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 7 DEC 2023
IFM Investors appointed a global head of product strategy and innovation, effective December 4. Today, the $215 billion global investment manager announced that Rekha Misra stepped into the role. Misra brings over two decades experience in the asset ...

Global X accelerates push to leapfrog local rivals

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 DEC 2023
Global X is intensifying efforts to challenge local ETF managers, targeting an ambitious growth in assets under management (AUM) by the end of 2024. The ETF manager, having reached $6 billion AUM in 2023, is now pursuing a goal of $10 billion by 2025 ...

AMP adds to board

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 4 DEC 2023
AMP has appointed Kathleen Bailey-Lord and Anna Leibel to its board following the exit of non-executive director Kate McKenzie. AMP said the new non-executive directors will start their roles at the beginning of January, coinciding with the next phase ...

Conscious Investment Management fund receives $50m

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2023
Conscious Investment Management has received more than $50 million in commitments for its second Social Housing Fund (CIMSHF2) as it reaches its first close. The Paul Ramsay Foundation is the cornerstone investor in CIMSFH2, which will aim to deliver ...

Praemium plummets on weak financial outlook

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2023
Praemium's stock tumbled following a projected revenue margin decline and higher operating costs announced at yesterday's 2023 annual general meeting. The wealth platform updated its financial outlook indicating that its average revenue margin ...

Fidelity International chief exits

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 21 NOV 2023
Anne Richards, the chief executive of Fidelity International, is retiring from her post after five years. Before Fidelity International, she was the chief executive of M&G Investments and Aberdeen Asset Management's global chief investment officer. ...

Nominations open in FS Sustainability Power50

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 14 NOV 2023
FS Sustainability 's ESG Power50 nominations are now open, searching for the most influential ESG professionals working at ASX-listed companies. Building on the success of the 2023 ESG Power50 list, readers of FS Sustainability along with FS Super ...