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abrdn terminates funds amid transition

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 20 FEB 2023
... terminate a raft of funds on or around March 15, including some of its sustainable solutions. The abrdn Sustainable Australian Equity Fund and abrdn Select Sustainable International Equities Fund will both be shuttered. The fund manager said the decision ...

CountPlus appoints new chief risk officer

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 20 FEB 2023
... a strategic mindset. Previously a general manager at AET, Chambers led the team that sold the business to Insignia from Equity Trustees in 2022 for $135 million. Chambers has also held senior executive roles at National Australia Bank, Commonwealth Bank ...

Ending the super wars: Government acts to legislate an objective

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 20 FEB 2023
... Australia's "world-class" retirement income system. "The proposed objective places preservation, retirement income, equity, sustainability and a dignified retirement at the heart of superannuation policy while recognising the ongoing role of the ...

Pengana establishes capital markets arm, hires

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 20 FEB 2023
... markets division." Pillemer explained investment opportunities will be predominately in private markets, including private equity, private credit, and special situations investments. "There is a long-term secular trend toward private market investments ...

GQG Aussie inflows up, total FUM slumps

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2023
... active fund manager, headquartered in the US, listed on the ASX in late 2021. One of its four funds, the Emerging Markets Equity fund slumped 21% over one year in terms of total return, was narrowly beaten by the MSCI Emerging Market Index's -20%. ...

Australia survives global pension rout

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2023
... largest annual decline since the GFC, dropping 16.7% to $47.9 trillion, due to market corrections in both fixed income and equity markets. However, Australia was less impacted, experiencing a 0.1% CAGR in local currency. Australia's relatively unscathed ...

AMP profits, declares first dividend since 2019

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2023
... carrying value of practice investments in FY21 not being repeated ($18m), higher licensee fees ($15m), and growth in its equity investment portfolio ($4m). However, it was offset by the sale of the employed advice business and divestment of majority-owned ...

Cboe Australia chief exits, successor named

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2023
... and Craigs Investment Partners. Quinn spent more than 21 years at AllianceBernstein, most recently as global co-head of equity trading. She also worked as head of Asia Pacific fixed income and Australia equities trading, and head of trading for Australia ...

Equity Trustees names super head

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2023
Equity Trustees has appointed Andrew Godfrey as executive general manager of its Superannuation Trustees Services business. Godfrey replaces Mark Blair, who successfully transformed the company's strategy to concentrate on independent outsourced trusteeship ...

Reporting season may prove dramatic: UBS

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2023
... clear price divergences between industry groups, sector rotation this year is likely to be far more nuanced," said UBS equity strategist Richard Schellbach. "This means that the company-specific news that emerges though a results period becomes more ...