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AMP Capital real estate distribution head departs

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 23 APR 2021
Tim Nation was in the role for over two years and worked closely on the origination and management of transactions in AMP's real estate platform across office, logistics and retail. Prior to this, he was AMP Capital's head of institutional business ...

Institutional mandates shrink

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 23 APR 2021
... Australian fixed income (Macquarie, Ardea, Coolabah), alternatives (LGT, Ardea and IFM). The most popular mandate asset class, alternatives, accounted for 47% of mandate appointments in the 12-month period, according to the report. Asset consultant Frontier ...

MSCI launches life sciences indices

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 22 APR 2021
MSCI is launching a set of indices that target megatrends and innovation in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries. The partnership with Nasdaq-listed Royalty Pharma will measure the performance of companies focused on delivering new and innovative ...

WTW commits to net zero

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 16 APR 2021
Willis Towers Watson Investments will target net-zero emissions across its fully discretionary delegated investment portfolio by 2050. WTW said it will target at least a 50% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions across its discretionary delegated investment ...

Macquarie head joins alternative platform

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 16 APR 2021
The former head of research and strategic accounts at Macquarie has joined an alternative investment platform. Chris Brookman has joined Altive, an alternative investment platform and fund manager which enables high-net-worth individuals to invest in ...

Sydney multi-boutique adds crypto fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 16 APR 2021
... "Globally leading institutional investors are showing more and more interest in Bitcoin as an uncorrelated, liquid asset class. Volatility of Bitcoin has been falling and is now comparable to a traditional asset class like oil," said Arrano chief investment ...

New lead for Mercer Sentinel

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2021
Mercer has welcomed a new lead for its outsourced due diligence and custody consulting business. Tricia Nguyen took on the role of head of Mercer Sentinel in March, replacing Peter Baker who transitioned to working part-time as a partner. Nguyen joined ...

Super fund liquidity could be better: RBA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 APR 2021
While the events of 2020 showed superannuation funds manage liquidity well, funds should consider the extent to which they rely on certain asset classes for liquidity, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has said. In its Financial Stability Report for ...

Fidante signs on new boutique

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 APR 2021
... food strategy to European investors. "Fidante is excited to be partnering with such a high-quality manager to bring world-class investment capability to the local Australian market," Fidante Partners global head John Burke said. "Impax's approach focuses ...

ETFs crack $100bn

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 APR 2021
Nearly 20 years after ETFs started trading in Australia, their total assets crossed $102 billion at the end of March. There are now 220 ETFs listed on the ASX. In March, their investors made roughly 18,685 ETF trades a day with average daily trading ...