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AXA IM in strategic overhaul

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2020
AXA Investment Managers is splitting its asset management business in two, creating a dedicated alternatives business that will run alongside a strengthened core investments business. As such, AXA IM's leadership team has also been overhauled. AXA IM ...

Fee cuts hack at fund manager margins

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2020
... stood at 29% in 2018, down significantly from post-GFC high of 34% margin in 2015 for the same sample set of investment managers, the research house said. The biggest driver is the accelerating fee pressure. Between 2012 and 2015, passive strategies ...

Praemium rolls out investment tools, options

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2020
... portfolio underpinned by more than 30 years of ethical investing experience," Willis said. Praemium head of investment managers and governance Damian Cilmi said the platform was expecting ethical investing only to grow in popularity in the coming years. ...

BT's transition not so super

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2020
... spread. BT says the buy/sell spreads were charged to only about 7% of the accounts and it worked with underlying investment managers to reduce transaction costs where possible. It says the death cover scaling is in line with lower mortality rates and ...

Super women: Female-led funds on top

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2020
... their male peers," she said. "Gender equity and diversity is also important for our own teams, when selecting investment managers and for the boards of companies that we invest in because gender diversity provides different perspectives, and this diversity ...

Women rule ESG, but gap remains

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2020
... more than 65% of Australia's ESG-related roles, compared to 25% in financial services in general. Melior Investment Managers chief executive Lucy Steed says women are drawn to responsible investing as it provides them with the opportunity to "connect ...

Carbon footpath important, not footprint: AXA

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2020
... portfolios, urging them to assess a company's "carbon footpath" over eliminating polluters altogether. AXA Investment Managers found that listed companies are responsible for 18 gigatonnes of carbon emissions globally. Many investors are attempting to ...

Investment Manager of the Year named

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2020
... applied to 20 other categories across six major asset class sectors. "The Investment Leadership Awards reward investment managers that see their job as more than achieving headline returns. They see their job as managing client assets for the long term ...

Franklin Templeton to acquire Legg Mason

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2020
... affiliates will establish Franklin Templeton as one of the world's largest independent, specialised global investment managers with a combined $2.24 trillion (US$1.5 trillion) in assets under management (AUM) across one of the broadest ranges of ...

Natixis hires insto sales director, opens Melbourne office

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2020
... director of institutional sales. At the same time, it has established its second Australian office. Natixis Investment Managers has appointment former Stone Harbor relationship manager, Danny King, as director of institutional sales. King will oversee ...