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AustralianSuper expands US footprint, names executives

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2024
Among the flurry of senior appointments, AustralianSuper named the lead for its Americas unit who is joined by a new head of fund services hailing from BlackRock. The $342 billion super fund promoted Mikaël Limpalaër as the head of Americas, having ...

Partners Wealth Group appoints new head of distribution

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 3 OCT 2024
Partners Wealth Group appointed a new head of distribution, a former three-time Olympic gold medalist no less, for its wholesale investments division, Partners Private. James Tomkins, who was most recently a national sales manager at UBS Asset Management ...

Colonial First State hires PE head, farewells sales exec

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2024
Colonial First State has hired a local investment director from a global pension fund to run private equity and unlisted assets. At the same time, its head of investment sales has exited. The wealth and superannuation giant confirmed that Chloé Brayne ...

Mercer names investment solutions lead

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2024
Mercer Australia has promoted one of its senior consultants to head of wealth management investment solutions in a bid to increase bench strength in that business. Rebecca Jacques takes on the new role after six years with the firm. Mercer's chief ...

GQG breaches SEC whistleblower protection laws

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2024
GQG Partners was hit with a US$500,000 fine by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for violating whistleblower protection laws via the use of non-disclosure agreements (NDAs). The watchdog found NDAs the fund manager entered with 12 potential ...

Platinum quashes Regal bid

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2024
Platinum Asset Management has rejected alternatives investment manager Regal Partners' takeover bid. Platinum's board unanimously decided that Regal's offer undervalued the company and wasn't in the best interests of shareholders. "The board of Platinum ...

Soul Patts sees profits slide 28%

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2024
Washington H. Soul Pattinson reported a drop in statutory net profit after tax from $609.7 million in FY23 to $498.8 million in FY24. The fall was attributed to lower profits from some of the group's major holdings in New Hope and Brickworks in its ...

Growth of SMSFs, Div 296 opportunity for advisers

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2024
A new report published by the SMSF software provider has revealed growing opportunity for financial advisers and demonstrates the potentially detrimental effect of the proposed Division 296 tax. The 2024 Annual Benchmark Report dives into potential ...

Regal sets eyes on Platinum takeover

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 17 SEP 2024
Platinum Asset Management has confirmed it received a non-binding indicative proposal from Regal Partners. Platinum said it received the unsolicited proposal from Regal to acquire all the shares in Platinum via a scheme of arrangement. Under the offer ...

Future Fund restructures investment leadership

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2024
The Future Fund says it is restructuring its investment team to meet the shifting dynamics of the current environment. The investment team, led by chief investment officer Ben Samild, will have five divisions going forward: portfolio design, real assets ...