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Platinum names new chief executive, restructures board

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2023
... Clifford and unveiled a new-look board in the hope of stemming outflows and revitalising the business. The $15.5 billion fund manager named Jeff Peters as its chief executive and managing director. Hailing from Boston, Peters previously worked at Columbia ...

Fidelity retirement specialist exits

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 8 DEC 2023
Fidelity International's head of client solutions and retirement Richard Dinham has left the fund manager after almost six years. During that time, Dinham worked with Fidelity's investment teams to develop new solutions to meet the current and ...

Women still underrepresented in asset management roles: FSC

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 8 DEC 2023
... Services Council (FSC) has found they still only account for 29%. The FSC surveyed 16 of its global and domestic fund manager members, with all participants apparently expressing a strong desire to enhance diversity within their investment teams. The ...

GSFM to distribute Access Capital Partners offering to HNWs

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 8 DEC 2023
... not widely available to investors in the Australian market," McIntyre said. "The addition of ACP to our existing fund manager line-up means we can offer a new and different asset class of European private assets to investors." McIntyre said ACP's investment ...

Perpetual rebuffs Soul Pattinson takeover offer

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 7 DEC 2023
... investment house argued that the complexity of the Perpetual Group, along with current market conditions and the fund manager's high financial leverage are impacting its share price and constraining strategic options. It said its proposal offered Perpetual ...

Private markets make concrete inroads with advisers

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 DEC 2023
... assistance to help them grow and evolve their businesses. This strategic partnership can be a win for the business, the fund manager and the investor (client)." Haigh noted that most successful private equity managers that partner with private wealth ...

HNWs require specialist expertise: Report

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 5 DEC 2023
To better serve high-net-worth (HNW) clients, financial advisers require a broader range of specialist expertise to meet their complex needs, according to HUB24. HUB24's latest whitepaper, Directing the matrix: meeting the needs of high-net-worth clients ...

Maple-Brown Abbott loses sales head

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 24 NOV 2023
... Abbott distribution head Duncan Hodnett has jumped across to a specialist middle-market corporate direct lending fund manager in the same role. Hodnett - who was with the boutique fund manager for almost four years - has joined Epsilon Direct Lending ...

Product modernisation will strengthen retirement outcomes: FSC

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2023
New research commissioned by the Financial Services Council (FSC) highlights the case for a mechanism to support broader "modernisation" of superannuation and managed investment schemes. The report suggests current legislative and tax settings are inconsistent ...

Advisers turning to cash, fixed income: Data

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 17 NOV 2023
Financial advisers are increasingly leaning towards cash and fixed income, making up 15% of new client inflows this year, according to Investment Trends. The 2023 Adviser Product and Marketing Needs report revealed that one in four advisers recognise ...