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IFM Investors welcomes global head of client solutions

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAY 2023
London-based John Gee-Grant has been named head of global client solutions at IFM Investors. With over three decades of industry experience, Gee-Grant joins the Australian investment firm following a string of senior positions in sales, business strategy ...

PGIM buys majority stake in Deerpath Capital

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2023
The $1.2 trillion global asset management business of Prudential Financial has acquired a majority interest in US private credit and direct lending manager Deerpath Capital Management (Deerpath). Since its inception in 2007, Deerpath has deployed over ...

PGIM hires new Australia, NZ head for IRG

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 6 MAR 2023
Murray Brewer has been appointed head of PGIM's institutional relationship group for Australia and New Zealand. Based in Sydney and reporting to head of IRG Asia Pacific (ex-Japan) Philip Hsin, Brewer will be responsible for leading the firm's growth ...

PGIM Real Estate adds to APAC team

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 12 JAN 2023
PGIM Real Estate welcomed a new executive director and deputy portfolio manager to oversee a key Asia Pacific strategy. Eileen Yong joins the Asia Pacific investment team, based in Singapore and working on the Asia core strategy. The strategy aims to ...

Super is enabling private market democratisation: PGIM

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2022
Superannuation funds are playing a huge role in democratising private markets, making them more accessible to retail investors, PGIM vice president, head of thematic research Shehriyar Antia told Financial Standard. "Until recently, private markets ...

Federal Reserve bumps interest rate by 0.75%

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2022
The Federal Reserve has raised benchmark interest rates by another 0.75% and warned of further significant hikes to come. The Fed's funds rate is now in the range of 3%-3.25%, which is the highest it's been since before the Global Financial Crisis. ...

No place for crypto in insto portfolios: PGIM

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2022
PGIM has made clear its thoughts on cryptocurrency, labelling it 'portfolio kryptonite' and saying it adds little to institutional investment portfolios other than a whole lot of risk. In its latest Megatrends paper, investment professionals from across ...

PGIM hires head of wealth

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2022
The former head of wholesale sales at Macquarie Asset Management in Australia has taken on the newly created role at PGIM as it looks to expand its offering. Benjamin Price is now managing director, head of Australian wealth for PGIM, based in Sydney. ...

Not all tech created equal: Principal

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 17 JAN 2022
With a surge of US tech stocks on the rise, Principal Global Investors (PGI) chief strategist Seema Shah stresses the need to be discerning when evaluating them. A jump in bond yields has seen technology stocks become collateral damage and underperforming ...

PGIM Real Estate appoints ESG lead for APAC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 6 JAN 2022
PGIM Real Estate has hired an ESG lead for the region from CBRE, effective immediately. Julie Townsend has been appointed to the role, based in London and also responsible for Europe. She reports directly to global head of ESG and head of Americas Asset ...