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Perpetual's Garry Laurence starts boutique

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2021
Former Perpetual Investment global equities portfolio manager Garry Laurence has started a new boutique which is currently raising for its first fund. Laurence spent 13 years at Perpetual and left in July last year, as Perpetual handed over the management ...

Adamantem invests in carbon farming

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2021
... enable it to partner with more land managers and Traditional Custodians on carbon farming. "It is a great way to mark the start of Climate Friendly's 18th year in business, and we are very excited to think about meeting and even exceeding our ambitious ...

Chief economist update: What a difference an Australian year makes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2021
"For all those times you stood by me... You're the one who held me up Never let me fall You're the one who saw me through it all." -Celine Dion What a difference a year makes, ey? The year 2020 started out disastrous (literally) for the country ...

Fund manager COO resigns, chair named

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021
The chief operating officer of a real estate fund manager is departing this month as it also welcomes a new chair. Cromwell Property Group's operations chief Jodie Clark is leaving the post at the end of March. Clark has been with the company for ...

Frontier hires from Cbus

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAR 2021
Frontier has hired a senior portfolio manager from Cbus to lead its alternatives and derivatives team. Scott Pappas was most recently at Cbus as a senior portfolio manager in absolute return strategies. Prior to this, he worked as a part of Vanguard's ...

Funds SA appoints director of asset allocation

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAR 2021
The $37 billion public sector investment manager has appointed a director of asset allocation, hiring from Tcorp. Brendan Hallett will be responsible for leading the asset allocation team and will be deeply involved in developing investment strategy ...

Alphinity portfolio manager resigns

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAR 2021
... 2015 and covered technology, communication services and utilities sectors. Macgregor resigned mid-last week to pursue a start-up opportunity outside of investing, Alphinity said. With his departure, the boutique will hire two new analysts or portfolio ...

Buffett doesn't want to report on diversity, climate

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAR 2021
Berkshire Hathaway is urging shareholders to vote against two separate proposals urging the firm to disclose its climate-related risks and diversity metrics. Berkshire Hathaway Inc's annual meeting is scheduled for May 1. Proxy voting directions filed ...

Chief economist update: Japan to double down on stimulus?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 MAR 2021
It won't be long now until cherry blossoms start blooming in Japan. But just like these blossoms' short-lived wonder, the Land of the Rising Sun's economic recovery through various crises going back to the late 1980s-early 1990s proved to ...

Ironbark fund swaps managers

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAR 2021
An Aussie broad-cap equities fund distributed by Ironbark is transitioning to a new fund manager, as the boutique managing it pivots away from broad-caps to small caps. The $25 million Ironbark Karara Australian Share Fund is currently managed by Karara ...