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GSFM partners with Eastspring to deliver new EM offering

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2024
... (GEM) Dynamic Strategy in the Australian market and will be available to institutional, wholesale and family office investors. GSFM chief executive Damien McIntyre said the partnership provides exposure to a new asset class for GSFM and its investors. ...

BlackRock faces 'stiff competition' from APAC asset managers

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2024
... pressure on fees, and an increasingly onerous regulatory burden. "A cautious outlook continued throughout the year, and investors prioritised regular payouts in an uncertain climate. The beneficiaries of this were well-trusted providers of fixed-income ...

Mercer Super recruits growth lead

ELIZABETH FRY  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2024
... with the US banking giant, with his time evenly split between looking after J.P. Morgan's top-tier institutional investors and running a debt funding business for its capital markets business. Most recently, as head of investor client management ...

Australian private capital industry surges 33%

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2024
... committed to fewer, but more experienced, fund managers," Preqin said. Of all active Australia-based private capital investors, the proportion of family offices increased from 7% to 36% from 2019 to 2023, according to Preqin's database. The number of ...

ASIC wins greenwashing case against Vanguard

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2024
The Federal Court determined Vanguard misled investors via claims it made about certain ESG screens it applied to its Ethically Conscious Global Aggregate Bond Index Fund. On March 8, the indexing giant admitted to "engaging in conduct that was liable ...

Infrastructure a foundational portfolio asset class: IFM Investors

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2024
Infrastructure should be considered as an equally vital asset class for institutional investors as traditional asset classes, according to the latest annual IFM Investors Infrastructure Outlook. Although infrastructure has a proven track record as a ...

HMC Capital acquires asset manager

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2024
... private credit. The company said StratCap had an existing base of fee-paying assets under management across around 3400 investors, a deep actionable pipeline with opportunities under contract or exclusivity totalling around $1 billion, and a further ...

BlackRock's Fink signals a tough road ahead for future retirees

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2024
In his annual letter to investors, BlackRock chair and chief executive Larry Fink said providing people a secure, well-earned retirement is much more challenging now that it was 30 years ago, and it will be "much harder" in the future. As such, Fink ...

Platinum bleeds $1.4bn in outflows

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2024
... redemptions in line with how it is progressing on its turnaround strategy that began with slashing expenses. Platinum told investors it is targeting at least $25 million in annualised run rate savings which represents a 26% reduction in the company's ...

IFM Investors adds to global client solutions team

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2024
IFM Investors is welcoming a head of global consultant relations, leading its investment consultant and outsourced CIO strategy. Claudia Marciano joined the institution in London last week, coming across from Ashmore Group where she held a similar role. ...