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Sodali's APAC lead takes on new global role

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 8 JAN 2026
... shareholder advisory, based in New York. Most recently, Crawford served as the head of corporate shareholder advisory, Americas at UBS. Prior to that as global head of activism and defense at UBS, she built the shareholder activism and defense practice ...

Nuveen brings global real estate strategy to Australia

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2025
... As of October 31, the fund manages US$3 billion in assets. Nuveen managing director and portfolio management for the Americas Richard Kimble said: "Our strategy is focussed on providing global and sector diversification by targeting commercial real estate ...

Super moves: AustralianSuper,HESTA, Rest

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2025
... listed equities, private equity, real assets, credit and fixed income. Last year, Mikaël Limpalaër was appointed head of Americas to lead the region's expansion. In other other news, HESTA has promoted Jennifer Hua to portfolio manager, quantitative ...

Rest Super team defects to Channel Capital

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2025
... Asset Management and UBS. Sirois has led ODD work across hedge funds, private equity, and real asset managers as head of Americas and global co-head of ODD at UBS. The initial team will also include Padraig O'Donnell and Charlene McDermid, along ...

Instos continue to bite on risk: State Street

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2025
... remaining "meaningfully light" compared to their long-term averages. State Street Markets head macro strategy in the Americas Lee Ferridge said that despite heightened geopolitical uncertainty in several major economies, risk appetite among institutional ...

Family offices up equities, dial down alternatives: Goldman Sachs

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2025
... pullback in private equity, as muted exits weighed on commitments. The most modest change was among family offices in the Americas, which have the largest allocation to private equity at 25% versus 22% in EMEA and 15% in APAC. Lower holdings in alternatives ...

Rest, NZ Super Fund top global rankings for best practices

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2025
... were the only funds to achieve a perfect score in the Asia Pacific region. Six others achieved the same feat across the Americas and EMEA regions. This was the largest number of perfect scorers to date. NZ Super Fund chief executive Jo Townsend said ...

Geopolitical risks force family offices into alternatives, cash: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2025
... with three-quarters (75%) of respondents feeling positive about the prospects for the asset class. BlackRock head of the Americas institutional business Armando Senra said with 60% of family offices pessimistic about the global outlook, confidence has ...

MA Financial partners to invest $2.6bn in middle market loans

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2025
... paradigm shift toward co-lending." SMBC co-general manager, managing director and co-head of leveraged finance in the Americas division Glenn Autorino said the partnership will enhance its financing solutions. "SMBC, Monroe and MA Financial each share ...

Northern Trust appoints sales lead for asset servicing

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2025
... the Middle East and Africa. Essentially, the promotion will see him add business development responsibilities for the Americas to his remit. The new sales head is tasked with driving the global sales strategy and accelerating new business revenue growth ...