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abrdn loses global chief economist

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 13 MAR 2023
Jeremy Lawson has resigned as global chief economist for abrdn, opting to return to Australia. Lawson has served in the role for 10 years, first appointed in March 2013. In 2018, he took on the additional responsibility of leading the group's research ...

abrdn terminates funds amid transition

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 20 FEB 2023
abrdn is terminating five funds as part of the consolidation of the local business, key to which is its recent partnership with SG Hiscock. The fund manager has confirmed it will terminate a raft of funds on or around March 15, including some of its ...

abrdn head of Aussie equities departs

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2023
The head of Australian equities at abrdn, Michelle Lopez, has left to pursue other interests, according to the asset manager. Lopez ran the local equities team for nearly four years after being promoted from deputy head in 2019. Joining abrdn in 2004 ...

HMC Capital adds director, institutional capital

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 23 JAN 2023
... funds management business. Before joining the alternatives investment firm, Hillyar worked in London in similar roles at Abrdn and most recently Federated Hermes. She was was previously a director of institutional distribution and an investment specialist ...

Aviva appoints head of real assets

ELIZABETH FRY  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2022
... research experience and expertise, which will benefit Australian clients looking to invest in Europe. Hedalen joins from abrdn where he spent 12 years analysing real assets in Europe. He was most recently head of the UK and European Investment Strategy ...

Women-led global equities teams outperform in downturn

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2022
... portfolios." The analysis included some of the world's largest firms, including many that operate in Australia, including abrdn, Acadian, AllianceBernstein, Baillie Gifford, Epoch, Franklin Templeton, Lazard, Magellan, Morgan Stanley, Nikko, Schroders ...

Budget deficit pressured by debt costs

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2022
... delivering a tax system that funds government services more fairly, and more sustainably. Responding to the Budget measures, abrdn chief economist Jeremy Lawson said: "The first Labor budget in almost a decade was about walking a very narrow tightrope. ...

Abrdn launches active sustainable Asian ETF

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2022
... manager has launched a sustainable ETF, the first of what it calls a series of sustainable actively managed ESG offerings. The abrdn Sustainable Asian Opportunities Active ETF (ASX: ASAO) is designed to provide investors with "high capital growth over ...

Former fund manager, philanthropist Brian Sherman passes away

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2022
... $5000 and started the business at his kitchen table. After selling EquitiLink in 2000 to Aberdeen Asset Management (now abrdn) for $80 million, Sherman became a prominent philanthropist, focused on the arts, animal rights, and the Jewish community. He ...

Stock exchanges, industry pay tribute to Queen Elizabeth II

JAMIE WILLIAMSON, CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2022
... sense of duty and service. Her absence will be deeply felt, and I send my condolences to all who are mourning her loss." Abrdn, BlackRock, Mercer, Schroders also shared their condolences. In announcing The Queen's passing, Governor General David ...