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T. Rowe Price appoints local operations chief

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2024
T. Rowe Price, the global asset manager with over US$1.3 trillion in assets under management, has appointed a regional operating chief who will relocate to Sydney from the London office. Financial services and operations professional Tim Chamberlain ...

Female fund managers boast 1.2% alpha

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2024
Female fund managers generate 1.2% alpha on average compared to the broader population, a new analysis from Morningstar shows. The assessment of 62 portfolio management teams led by women were able to achieve 0.89% in alpha annualised over five years ...

Funds SA hires ESG expert

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2024
Funds SA has appointed a new investment professional to sit within the responsible investment team. The investment arm of the South Australian government has welcomed Kana Thorpe to the newly created role of assistant portfolio manager for responsible ...

Macquarie profits tumble; long-serving executive exits

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 13 FEB 2024
Macquarie Group has reported a "substantially lower" net profit after tax in FY24 and announced the departure of its long-serving head of commodities and global markets Nicholas O'Kane. Macquarie's annuity-style divisions, Macquarie Asset Management ...

Finnfund names chief investment officer

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JAN 2024
Hanna Loikkanen will become chief investment officer of Finland's state-owned development financier and impact investor. Loikkanen, a seasoned financial services executive with over 30 years of experience, has been on the fund's board since May 2020. ...

Global X launches cybersecurity ETF

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 SEP 2023
The Global X Cybersecurity ETF (BUGG) invests in the rapidly growing cybersecurity industry, with a management fee of 0.47% per annum. BUGG tracks the Indxx Cybersecurity Index, targeting companies that derive more than half of their revenue from cybersecurity ...

Two top Global X executives exit

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 12 SEP 2023
Two senior executives leading distribution and investment strategy respectively have exited Global X ETFs amid a local restructure. Head of distribution Kanish Chugh has been made redundant just shy of 10 years of tenure. Chugh started out as a business ...

First Sentier appoints head of institutional distribution

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 14 AUG 2023
First Sentier Investors has appointed Kevin Kandasamy as its head of institutional distribution for Australia and New Zealand with immediate effect. Kandasamy, who is Melbourne-based, will report to First Sentier managing director and head of distribution ...

CVC sells 20% stake in Eildon

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 24 APR 2023
CVC has divested a 20% stake in Eildon Capital that will be picked up by another boutique fund manager. ASX-listed CVC announced this morning that it entered into an agreement with Samuel Terry Asset Management to sell its stake so that it can free ...

ETF market to hit $200bn by 2025

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAR 2023
The local ETF industry is predicted to hit $200 billion in the next two years, with product numbers expected to climb to 350. This is according to Global X, which expects the Australian ETF market to continue its strong growth despite ongoing volatility. ...
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