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Australian Ethical loses super chief

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2025
... and spent five years based in Cyprus as the charity's senior director of operations in the Middle East and Eastern Europe. In an earlier stint with World Vision, Piper was the organisation's national director for Serbia and Montenegro from 1999 ...

Climate funds see first year of outflows

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2025
... withdrawals than deposits in 2024, with net outflows reaching US$24 billion, according to fresh data from Morningstar. In Europe, climate thematic funds experienced the largest outflows of any category during 2024. In December, Article 9 funds shed €4 ...

Global dividend strength to continue: Plato

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2025
... achieve a higher net yield by investing overseas compared to CBA." Pennell said the yield story is even more compelling in Europe with banks like Intesa Sanpaolo, Nordea Bank, Lloyds Banking Group and UniCredit offering significantly higher income, along ...

Bain Capital improves Insignia Financial bid

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2025
Insignia Financial has opened its books to Bain Capital after it matched CC Capital Partners' revised takeover offer. It comes as the wealth giant reports several achievements, including growth in its alternatives business. After CC Capital lobbed a ...

Scarcity Partners enlists former Ophir Asset Management chief

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2025
... companies," Chirakis said. Scarcity Partners anticipates that Australia will follow the lead of mature markets like the US and Europe, where GP staking funds have become popular. The company said in these markets, GP staking funds are recognised as high-yielding ...

Natixis, Generali merger creates $3.2tn fund manager

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2025
... current chief executive of Natixis IM, will become his deputy. The combined fund managers will have a major presence in Europe whereby 61% of AUM is located. Some 34% of AUM is in France, Italy, and North America, while 5% is invested in Asia and other ...

Where to invest when local equities look expensive

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2025
... compared to the last two years, is "the most attractive region we cover." "The macroeconomic environment is improving in Europe, which should support corporate profitability in the region," he said. "Across all categories, European stocks trade at a ...

Dimon 'cautiously pessimistic' on US economy

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2025
... interview that geopolitical tensions underpin his stance in the face of the US reporting GDP levels that were equivalent to Europe but are now 30% higher. Dimon attributes this to the country's culture of innovation, growth, and capital investment ...

GIC's investment chief to step down

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2025
... and developed markets equities team out of New York before being invited to head up GIC's investment activities in Europe. He became president of public markets and director of public equities in 2013 and deputy group chief investment officer in ...

Top asset management trends for 2025

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2025
... reassess international footprints and go local. "Despite extensive (and expensive) efforts, most asset managers in the US and Europe have failed to dramatically raise the portion of their assets managed for clients outside their region," it said. Notably ...