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Russell Investments appoints global head of alternatives

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 AUG 2024
... various business units. Most recently, she played a key role in the general partner stakes team within the external investing group. Earlier in her career at GSAM, Parra was a senior commodity portfolio manager within the fixed income group, with responsibility ...

Monash Investors merges with DMX AM

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 AUG 2024
... that he was an investment strategist, joining the company in 2019. Monash said DMX's strong track record of successful investing in the smaller end of the ASX will benefit its broadening coverage of the fund. The completion of the merger comes as Monash ...

Vanguard, Betashares, iShares neck and neck in battle for inflows

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2024
... that is cost-efficient, easy to trade, transparent and provides access to almost every market, sector, and style of investing," Neiron said. However, he noted that while index-tracking ETFs are seeing "unabated growth" from new investors and existing ...

UK regulators propose framework for workplace pension schemes

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2024
... the new framework for value for money, the proposals include heightened disclosure on the types of assets schemes are investing in, as well as measures to increase transparency on geographic asset allocation. "Greater transparency over asset allocation ...

UK pension giant eyes Australian timber

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2024
... previously told Reuters the fund is likely to invest about $1.16 billion into global timberland this year. Nest said investing in timberland should provide stable returns with a cash yield, a natural inflation hedge, and portfolio diversification. It ...

Assembly Funds Management seeks $100m

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2024
... headwinds of Covid and a severe interest rate hiking cycle," Gutman said. "The team is expected to complete the balance of investing in ADPF1 by the end of FY 2024-25." AFM was launched in 2019 as a partnership between Gutman, the Lowy Family Group ...

Asset management brand power a 'critical differentiator': ISS

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 8 AUG 2024
... managers' brands were important. While client trust is important, ISS noted that advisers will be making the primary investing decisions in these cases, and they're the audience asset managers need to win over. "Managers must in turn ask themselves how ...

Former wealth management chief ousted from financial services

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2024
... invest it in highly speculative schemes tied to Hewish. "[UGC] used a client onboarding process that lured people into investing their retirement savings in UGC-related products by having calls made to prospective clients using details including those ...

BNP Paribas in talks to buy AXA Investment Managers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2024
... asset manager with a wider product offering and a mutual objective to further their leading position in responsible investing. I would like to thank all AXA IM employees for their unwavering commitment, and their continued focus on delivering value for ...

Russell Investments default option returns up to 12.3%

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2024
... conversely not adequately de-risking as they approach retirement. "Our default GoalTracker option addresses those factors by investing based on the members' age." Russell Investments senior portfolio manager Daniel Choo added that the aim of the ...