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Australian Ethical awards front office mandate

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2024
Australian Ethical has awarded State Street's Charles River a mandate to automate its investment portfolio's front and middle office operations. The ethical investment manager will use Charles River's Investment Management Solution, which manages more ...

Asset managers need to improve performance: Morningstar

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2024
Morningstar's industry pulse for asset managers Q3 2024 found that while fund outflows have improved, the gains may be cyclical. Morningstar equity analyst Shaun Ler said since 2024, price performance for ASX-listed asset managers has been mixed. "GQG ...

Jupiter AM awards distribution mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 22 OCT 2024
... more than US$700 billion ($1.05tn) collectively. Managing partner Leake said: "Jupiter is a longstanding active asset manager in the fields of ecology, sustainability, and systematic investing, who we believe is well-equipped to work in concert with ...

Franklin Templeton boosts sales team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2024
... Felicity Walsh, managing director of Franklin Templeton Australia and NZ, confirmed that Morgan has joined the global asset manager as a sales director. "We are delighted to welcome Rebecca, as her appointment rounds out our distribution team's ability ...

Macquarie AM reshuffles real assets team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 14 OCT 2024
... assets businesses and reshuffled the investment team in a bid to drive synergies available to the asset class. The asset manager said folding natural resources, listed infrastructure and real estate into a single business will strengthen the investment ...

Colonial First State hires PE head, farewells sales exec

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2024
... replacement takes place. Carroll has worked at CFS for 10 years. Walker has held several senior management roles at the asset manager, which was bought by KKR about three years ago. The private equity group now owns 55% of CFS which it acquired from ...

Regulators to clamp down harder on greenwashing

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2024
... Geri McMahon said while the sustainable finance taxonomies are being developed in each country, the onus on each asset manager would be to define then what sustainable means for them. "A sustainable finance taxonomy establishes definitions for green ...

Mercer names investment solutions lead

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2024
... Asset Management in Australia. She was appointed vice president, research and platform relationship manager at the asset manager, and also worked as an investment specialist for the firm's global equities and alternatives business. She earlier led ...

HUB24 takes stake in Reach Alternatives

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2024
HUB24 is entering a strategic alliance with Reach Alternatives, taking a minority holding in the private equity platform. Reach Alternatives provides access to institutional-grade private equity funds, curating and structuring them so non-institutional ...

GAM Investments loses local lead

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2024
Alex Zaika, the local head of GAM Investments, has resigned from his role at the Switzerland-based asset manager to join another firm. It is understood that the global asset manager is currently searching for Zaika's replacement. Zaika, who joined ...