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GAM nabs Janus Henderson equities team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2025
Swiss fund manager GAM Investments has brought in a new team to run its flagship European funds in a move that signals renewed institutional interest in European markets. GAM has appointed a European equities team from Janus Henderson to manage its ...

CFS awards global equities mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2025
Colonial First State (CFS) has awarded a global equities mandate to a US$160 billion fund manager. US fund manager Brown Advisory has won the mandate to oversee the global equities strategy available on FirstChoice, debuting on May 24. The option - ...

AMP super class action finally hits court

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2025
A class action that was filed against AMP for charging excessive superannuation fees is finally being heard in court, with the trial kicking off today. In 2019, following the Royal Commission, several law firms sought to commence class actions against ...

Franklin Templeton, Pendal funds shutter

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2025
Franklin Templeton has shuttered two of its funds this month, while Pendal will terminate one of its funds in August. Responsible entity Franklin Templeton Australia Limited (FTAL) has closed both the ClearBridge RARE Emerging Markets Fund and Martin ...

Escala poised to overhaul strategy

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2025
Private wealth manager Escala Partners is poised for a management overhaul that could see the appointment of a new chief executive, according to people familiar with the matter. Two senior executives - co-chief executive Pep Perry and investment chief ...

Super funds back $9.6bn homegrown platform

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2025
... Melbourne-found global financial platform. The two super funds were some of the lead investors in a Series F funding round run by Airwallex. Airwallex, valued at US$6.2 billion ($9.6bn), is on track to hit US$1 billion ($1.6bn) in annualised revenue ...

Managed funds should be 'prepared to take less'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2025
... management is not dead. There is absolutely a case for active management, and the active manager will always be around. We run active funds as well. It's not just passive. So, the active manager is going to continue to be there," Hannah said. "But ...

UniSuper lifts fund manager investment to $100m

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2025
UniSuper has increased its investment in venture fund manager Uniseed by $25 million, taking its total commitment to $100 million. The $149 billion industry fund became Uniseed's exclusive institutional investment partner in March 2022, at which time ...

AFCA looks to expand jurisdiction over receiving banks in scams

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2025
The Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) is opening public consultation on a string of governance changes, with a key focus on expanding its jurisdiction to include receiving banks in scam complaints. Following an engagement with an external ...

Tariffs were never the answer: Experts

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2025
... tariffs." When it comes to negotiating with China, as for who holds the strongest hand, Sinodinos said: "I would say in the longer-run sense, the US has the stronger hand, but China have played their hand very well in this current situation and Xi Jinping ...