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Former Frontier alts head joins Evergreen

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2024
A former Frontier Advisors executive has landed at a rival asset consultant following a career break. After departing Frontier as head of alternatives, Michiel Swaak has joined Evergreen Consultants as a principal consultant. In the new role, he is ...

AllianceBernstein managing director departs

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 NOV 2024
... with the firm for close to 24 years. Prior to that he held roles at AXA as business manager - Australian equities and alternative investments, Deutsche Bank as associate director, fixed income sales and Fergusson Bros. as senior equity derivatives sales ...

Funds SA adds to leadership team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 4 NOV 2024
Ahead of naming the new investment chief, Funds SA chief executive John Piteo has bolstered the leadership team by making a series of promotions. After a year in the top job, Piteo has elevated nine staffers in investment, finance and operations, analytics ...

Future Fund delivers strong 11.9% return

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2024
Future Fund provided a portfolio update to September 2024, showing a strong result for the past 12 months. Future Fund's return was 11.9% for the 12 months to September 2024. Annual investment returns lifted the value of the sovereign wealth fund by ...

GAM hires new local lead from Bennelong

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 31 OCT 2024
... clients to diversify their portfolios amid macroeconomic changes," he said. The Swiss investment manager said its new alternative products are receiving strong client interest including an evergreen late-stage private equity fund managed by Liberty Street ...

KKR nabs JP Morgan sales manager

ELIZABETH FRY  |  TUESDAY, 29 OCT 2024
... local head of KKR client solutions Nicholas Hyde, she will be covering the local wealth market and selling KKR's alternative investments. "I'll also be working closely with our distribution partners Channel Capital and Seed Partnerships as we ...

CFS unveils fund manager, fee changes to FirstChoice

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 29 OCT 2024
Colonial First State (CFS) is introducing a bunch of fund manager, asset allocation, and fee changes to two of its FirstChoice products from November 16. For FirstChoice Employer Super, Platypus Australian Equities will take over as investment manager ...

Advisers must prioritise Conflicts Priority Rule: AFCA

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 28 OCT 2024
... manage that conflict, that the product that they're recommending provides additional benefits to the client over alternative products that might be similar," Sidoti said. "A good rule of thumb is to think if this conflict didn't exist, if me ...

Major global trends impacting advisers

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2024
... and have become attractive from a valuation standpoint. Certain sectors such as utilities, REITS, biotechnology, and alternative energy are potentially more interesting in this environment of lower inflation and interest rates. This is the type of situation ...

Regal indicted for alleged short-selling breach

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2024
Regal Partners has been indicted by the South Korean securities watchdog after a former employee allegedly breached the country's tough short-selling rules. The Korean Prosecutor's Office issued an indictment against Regal and its former employee ...