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Glitch hits ASX-listed managed funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2019
About 16 ASX-listed managed funds using internal market making were affected by a glitch in calculating their iNAV yesterday, Financial Standard understands. Issuers affected include Platinum Asset Management and Schroders. Quoted managed funds are ...

Purdue bankruptcy vindicates ESG screens

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2019
Purdue Pharma has filed for bankruptcy after facing a slew of lawsuits for the mismarketing of its product OxyContin. The company's marketing and mislabelling of OxyContin has seen it accused of causing the opioid addiction crisis in the US. Purdue ...

Departures on Aberdeen Standard fixed income team

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2019
Two experienced investors have left Aberdeen Standard Investments' $4.8 billion Australian fixed income team and the manager is now flying in support from London and recruiting for a new credit investor. Jasmin Argyrou, investment director on Australian ...

Perpetual appoints general manager, distribution

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 16 SEP 2019
Perpetual has appointed a new general manager, distribution from Franklin Templeton. Adam Quaife will head up distribution for the company. He has spent the last 17 years at Franklin Templeton in a variety of senior distribution roles prior to joining ...

Changes at helm for Perpetual

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2019
The former chief executive of Schroders has joined the board of Perpetual as two long standing non-executive directors announce they will step down after the company's annual general meeting in October. Phillip Bullock and Sylvia Falzon have served ...

Schroders acquires majority stake in impact investor

KRISTI CHENG  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2019
... will appoint group chief executive Peter Harrison, global head of private assets Georg Wunderlin and executive chair of Schroder Adveq Stephen Mills to the board. BlueOrchard's board consisting of both BlueOrchard's and Schroders' representatives will ...

US bonds present ESG problem

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2019
Schroders' global head of stewardship believes ESG-focused investors should exercise caution before investing in US corporate bonds. Schroders global head of stewardship Jessica Ground told a media briefing in Sydney recently that some US corporate ...

Pension giant awards $1bn in mandates

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2019
A $323 billion pension fund has awarded three separate mandates to boost its sustainable investment strategies. The California State Teachers' Retirement System selected three new global equity managers to collectively manage more than $1 billion across ...

Kapstream looks to Chi-X for active ETF

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2019
The active manager has forgone the ASX for competitor Chi-X as it looks to list its first exchange-traded fund. Kapstream will launch an active fixed income strategy as a Chi-X quoted fund on a date to be announced soon. Chi-X is gearing up to list ...

Perennial signs small-mid caps boutique

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2019
... firm was has three partners: Nicholas Cregan (founder) who has worked at Evans and Partners International Fund and at Schroder Investment Management; Ian Carmichael who left Watermark in September and has also worked at Platinum Asset Management; and ...