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Lack of talent challenging DDO compliance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2024
The regulator's recent crackdown on risk and compliance in the sector has product issuers stuck between a rock and a hard place, with an extreme dearth of talent making it difficult for fund managers and super funds to meet ASIC's expectations. Earlier ...

Global X hires new chief executive

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2024
... derivatives at Macquarie Bank. Zaika replaces Evan Metcalf, who steps down in October after a decade-long tenure at the fund manager. Metcalf became chief executive of Global X in 2022 right after Mirae Asset Financial Group acquired the firm for an ...

Arrowpoint launches new fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2024
Arrowpoint Capital has launched a new private debt fund targeting high-net-worth investors, super funds and SMSFs. It said the decision to launch the fund came from increased demand for capital from businesses outstripping supply. "The supply of capital ...

Aussie female fund manager representation lags: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 17 SEP 2024
Only 8% of Australia's funds management industry is run by women, lagging the global average of 12.5%, the latest Alpha Female Report finds. Citywire's annual analysis, which tracks the progress of gender parity in asset management, calculated 903 Australian ...

Former industry fund chief in new role

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2024
... Asset Management has named former Prime Super chief executive Lachlan Baird as its new finance chief. The boutique fund manager said Baird will be pivotal in refining its investment strategy and building a financial framework that promotes sustainable ...

New global chiefs for abrdn, Schroders

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2024
... the end of June. Meanwhile, the new global chief executive of Schroders followed a similar career trajectory. The fund manager appointed Richard Oldfield as group chief executive, its former chief financial officer who joined Schroders nearly one year ...

ASX-listed firm invests with Osmosis

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2024
... fuel divestment products can lead to inadvertent concentration risk in certain sectors," Dear said. The sustainable fund manager based in London has more than $16 billion in total AUM. Osmosis joined forces with Clearway in 2017 for a local distribution ...

Metrics to list CRE fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2024
A new Metrics Credit Partners real estate fund is set to debut on the ASX, marking the fund manager's third strategy on the exchange. The Metrics Real Estate Multi-Strategy Fund is scheduled to list on or around October 16 under the ticker code ...

Nikko Asset Management to become Amova

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2024
The $359 billion fund manager is changing its name to Amova Asset Management from next September. Nikko Asset Management said the name change reflects the progress the firm has made since its launch in Tokyo in 1959, describing itself as "a global citizen ...

VanEck to launch defence ETF

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2024
... every investor. "Our purpose is to give Australian investors access to the opportunities," he said. "Our role as a fund manager is to offer a range of investment opportunities so investors can make their own decisions about where they wish to direct ...