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AMP Capital real estate investment chief joins MaxCap

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2022
... best in class service to local and global investors alike." "He has an exemplary track record and shares our unequivocal focus on delivering lasting value for our investor clients. "There is no finer capital raising executive in Australia and we look ...

Pretium Partners lands down under

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 30 AUG 2022
... managing director for Australia and New Zealand for Pretium, heading up its first local office. It will maintain the firm's focus on residential real estate, residential credit, and corporate credit. Matthew brings nearly three decades of experience ...

MetLife Investment Management to buy $1bn AIM

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 30 AUG 2022
The asset management business of MetLife has agreed to acquire ESG-focused fixed income investment manager Affirmative Investment Management (AIM). With over $1 billion of assets under management, AIM focuses on managing fixed income portfolios that ...

The unintended consequences of the performance test

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 30 AUG 2022
... achieved significant size may not be looking to undertake any further merger activity. "Recent large fund mergers are likely to focus on getting the strategy, integration and operating models in place before they can be in a position to enter additional ...

Spirit Super consortium withdraws from port acquisition

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 30 AUG 2022
... common fund management and ownership among competing firms, including via minority interests, has increasingly become a focus of economic regulators and most recently the subject of a Standing Committee on Economics Inquiry. "Common fund management and ...

Chant West launches platform rankings

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 30 AUG 2022
... of a platform's offering. The benefit of a platform is that it offers greater efficiencies to advisers to enable them to focus on providing strategic advice to their clients, rather than spending time on platform administration. This is an important ...

A sensible roadmap: Industry responds to QAR paper

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2022
The industry has welcomed Michelle Levy's draft reform proposals, saying the consultation paper released today provides "a sensible roadmap" and a way forward. The Quality of Advice Review consultation paper was released this afternoon, outlining ...

Focus on providing 'good advice': QAR draft proposals

JAMIE WILLIAMSON, CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2022
A focus on providing 'good advice', the scrapping of general advice, and allowing superannuation funds to provide personal financial advice are just some of the proposed reforms contained in the Quality of Advice Review's consultation paper. ...

DNR Capital enters global equities, hires from Macquarie

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2022
... investment officer Jamie Nicol said: "The addition of Brad to the investment team provides a dedicated Portfolio Manager to focus solely on the new global offering, which will allow our dedicated Australian equites team to continue providing our clients ...

BlackRock appoints to new research role

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2022
Elaine Wu has been appointed to the newly created role of managing director, APAC head of research for BlackRock Sustainable Investing (BSI APAC). Adding over 14 years of experience in equity research, Wu will drive the research agenda for BSI APAC ...