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Franklin Templeton completes acquisition

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2020
... acquisition has expanded the firm's multi-asset solution capabilities as well as combining leadership in core fixed income, equities and alternatives. Franklin Templeton said no changes are planned for Legg Mason's differentiated investment strategies ...

UK pension fund to go net zero

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2020
... emissions in its portfolio will have halved by 2030. The pension fund is immediately shifting close to $10 billion in equities - roughly 45% of its portfolio - to climate aware strategies, instantly reducing its carbon footprint by the equivalent of ...

Sydney boutique expands team

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2020
A global equities boutique started by Evans & Partners' former head of international equities has added two members to its investment team. Aoris Investment Management was established by Stephen Arnold in 2017. It runs a concentrated portfolio of ...

Good quarter but bad year for US instos

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2020
... quarter but year-to-date returns are still negative at pension funds and the like. Public funds -- which have about 50% in equities -- reported a median return of 11.14% in the three months to June but year-to return date segments stand at -3.8%. Corporate ...

Garry Laurence to depart Perpetual

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2020
... compared to index's 11.64%. Perpetual said it decided to change the managers after an extensive review of its global equities capability. "Perpetual yesterday announced changes to our Global Equities team and strategy. Following an extensive review of ...

Sydney boutique winds up fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2020
... stake in Redpoint last year, buying from MLC Asset Management. It is led by Max Capetta, formerly head of Australian equities at GMO Australia, as its chief executive and portfolio manager. It manages $9.6 billion firmwide.

Investment strategies need to change: GSFM

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2020
... regulatory and macro fronts. "Investors too, are at a crossroads. Bond yields are at historic lows, and while listed equities are not cheap there is a lot happening below the surface," he said. "Tectonic policy shifts can alter the relationship between ...

Boutique appoints chief operating officer

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2020
... is led by Julie Andrews, formerly the head of institutional at Vanguard Australia and IFM Investors director, listed equities - global investor relations.

State Street to launch ESG ETF

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2020
... low-cost and simple characteristics have also meant they have democratised investing, giving investors access and choice to equities that decades ago would have only been accessible to a select few. Now that choice includes ESG." The management costs ...

Perpetual takes stake in US asset manager

JAMIE WILLIAMSON, KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2020
... Mewhinney & Strauss (Barrow Hanley); a global manager based in the US that invests across US, global and emerging market equities and fixed income. The remaining 25% interest is owned by Barrow Hanley's investment and management personnel. Perpetual ...