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Cbus deputy CIO exits

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2024
... chief operating officer, while Alexandra West stepped into the newly created role of chief strategy officer, expanding her current portfolio as chief strategy officer of investments. Campbell took over the deputy chief investment officer role from Brett ...

GQG completes acquisition of three boutiques

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2024
GQG Partners has completed its acquisition of the minority interests held by Pacific Current Group in Avante Capital Partners, Proterra Investment Partners and Cordillera Investment Partners. The acquisitions represent the foundational investment for ...

Link Group rebrands as acquisition completes

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2024
... clients can expect a seamless transition with a progressive rebrand to MUFG Pension & Market Services and no changes to current operations, teams, products, or solutions. All Link Group shares were suspended at close of trade yesterday, and Link Group ...

Sequoia seeks Takeovers Panel intervention

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2024
The stoush over who should control Sequoia Financial Group takes another turn as chief executive Garry Crole and non-executive director Kevin Pattison call upon the Takeovers Panel to intervene in their potential ousting. Crole and Pattison, on behalf ...

GPT appoints new chief investment officer

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2024
Group Property Trust (GPT) has announced the appointment of Mark Harrison as chief investment officer, as well as other changes to its leadership team. Harrison has been appointed to assist in the delivery of GPT's strategy and to drive profitable ...

Value versus growth: Market expectations in 2024

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2024
In 2022, concerns about rising interest rates and the Russia-Ukraine war brought fundamentals back into focus, creating numerous opportunities for value investing to generate alpha. Then transitioning to the first half of 2023, that period saw significant ...

Aware Super appoints general manager, strategy and transformation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2024
The $175 billion superannuation fund has recruited from Deloitte for the newly created role. Winnie Huen is joining Aware Super on July 1 as its first general manager, strategy and transformation. Huen is currently a partner in Deloitte's Data, Analytics ...

Vanguard selects next chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2024
... clarity and consistency or purpose. "It's an honor to join Vanguard, an institution I have long admired and respected... The current investor landscape is changing, and that presents opportunities for Vanguard to further its mission of giving people ...

Price dislocations pave way for active managers

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2024
The current market is ripe for active equity fund management skills to shine given the price dislocations, and most notably in regions outside of the US, according to J.P. Morgan Asset Management. Every time the spread widens out between the most expensive ...

Calls for a simplified path to financial advice

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2024
... education from the Joint Associations Working Group (JAWG) because "we need far more people with these qualifications" and the current system isn't supporting that need. Last month, JAWG proposed some core principles to strengthen the education standard ...