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Sequoia chief reappointed, hunt for successor kicks off

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2024
Sequoia Financial Group chief executive Garry Crole has accepted a fixed-term contract that will see him extend his tenure to June 2026, but succession planning efforts are afoot. This fulfills the promise made in a company presentation to investors ...

Perpetual net outflows top nearly $9bn

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2024
Perpetual's asset management business failed to stem outflows before the financial year end, which saw $8.9 billion of investor money exit its six boutiques. Former investors of Pendal Asset Management drove the exodus, walking away with a whopping ...

Industry funds defend CFMEU board ties

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2024
Industry funds BUSSQ and Cbus have defended their respective boards' close ties to the CFMEU, saying all representatives satisfy the fit and proper standards outlined by APRA. This week the Victorian branch of the Construction, Forestry and Maritime ...

Perpetual global head of distribution exits

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2024
Perpetual has streamlined its distribution team, in a move that sees the departure of three senior executives including the global heads of distribution and product. The asset manager confirmed Adam Quaife and Matthew Cahill have left their roles as ...

Clime names acting managing director

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2024
Clime Investment Management has appointed Michael Baragwanath as acting managing director after Annick Donat stepped down from her role as chief executive earlier this month. Donat will leave the business on July 31 but Baragwanath will take on his ...

Qantas Super, Australian Retirement Trust to merge

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2024
Qantas Super is poised to merge with $300 billion industry fund Australian Retirement Trust (ART). Subject to final assessments of members' best financial interests and equivalency rights, the merger would see Qantas Super's $9 billion in funds ...

ANZ, Westpac 'the cheapest majors': Morningstar

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2024
ANZ Group and Westpac have been identified as the cheapest major banks in an "overvalued sector," while Commonwealth Bank was deemed expensive by new Morningstar research. Morningstar senior equity analyst Nathan Zaia said that the valuation divergence ...

'Growing revenues, not AUM, is the new name of the game': ISS

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2024
The relationship between assets under management (AUM) and revenue growth has broken down as fund buyers - both retail and institutional - increasingly embrace lower-fee index funds. This comes as interest in more expensive active strategies appears ...

Australia climbs global wealth ranks

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2024
Australia has moved up the ranks in the UBS Global Wealth Report, rising from third place to second in terms of median wealth per adult, sitting just below Luxembourg. In 2023 wealth growth across the world recovered from its 3% contraction the previous ...

GAM launches alternative investments unit

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2024
GAM Investments has appointed Randel Freeman as co-head and co-chief investment officer its new specialist alternative investments unit, GAM Alternatives, effective immediately. Freeman will work alongside Albert Saporta to build out GAM's alternative ...