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Plato readies new ESG strategies

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 17 DEC 2021
... been meeting with institutional investors in recent weeks to discuss its upcoming Net Zero Carbon Long Short Global Equities Fund and Low Carbon Long Only Global Equities Fund. Both strategies have been seeded and incubated since September this year ...

Best-performing global equities funds for FY21

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 16 AUG 2021
Locally available managed funds investing in large cap global shares tallied 28.6% in median returns for the year ending June, but funds from Forager and Loftus Peak reported big gains, according to Rainmaker research. The median outperformance in the ...

New portfolio manager at Pengana

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUL 2021
A Pengana Capital global equities fund has appointed a new portfolio manager who previously established and led a boutique. Jeremy Bendeich is a new portfolio manager for Pengana's High Conviction Equities Fund. He works alongside James McDonald, who ...

Hejaz expands with three new funds

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2021
... Australian Muslims and other socially conscious investors access to Shariah-compliant managed funds. The Global Equities Fund is targeting a 20% per annum return net of fees, investing in Europe, North America and selected Asian markets, including Australia. ...

Fidelity changes up global equities team

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2021
... has resigned. Amit Lodha will cede portfolio management responsibilities for funds including the Fidelity Global Equities fund, which is offered to Australian investors, after over a decade at the helm. He has been a fund manager at Fidelity Investments ...

Boutique manager names head of distribution

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2021
A boutique global equities fund manager has hired a distribution lead, formerly of Meritum Financial Group. Gold Coast-based fund manager Swell Asset Management appointed Stephen Poole as head of distribution. Poole was the general manager of NAB's ...

Investment Leadership Awards finalists named

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 17 MAY 2021
... Equity Fund Fidelity International - Fidelity Global Demographics Fund Fidelity International - Fidelity Global Equities Fund VanEck Australia - VanEck Vectors MSCI World Qual ETF Macquarie Investment Management - Walter Scott Global Equity Fund International ...

Perpetual's Garry Laurence starts boutique

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2021
Former Perpetual Investment global equities portfolio manager Garry Laurence has started a new boutique which is currently raising for its first fund. Laurence spent 13 years at Perpetual and left in July last year, as Perpetual handed over the management ...

Alphinity portfolio manager resigns

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAR 2021
One of the four portfolio managers for Alphinity Investment Management's global equities fund has resigned. Lachlan MacGregor co-managed the Alphinity Global Equity Fund with Jonas Palmqvist, Jeff Thomson and Nikki Thomas. He joined the firm in ...

T. Rowe Price hires ETF consultant

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2021
... Legg Mason (now owned by Franklin Templeton), BlackRock and Vanguard. Locally, T. Rowe's $4.9 billion global equities fund is among the top performers in the category with the three-year returns of 20.7% p.a. to January end compared to the median ...