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US fund manager hires former Legg Mason executive

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 JAN 2022
Legg Mason's former regional and country head has taken on an executive role at a US$575 billion US-based asset manager. Allspring Global Investments, which recently rebranded from Wells Fargo Asset Management, hired Andy Sowerby as managing director ...

Perpetual holds steady

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 28 JAN 2022
In its latest results, Perpetual reported positive flows and said it would maintain its international strategy. The company reported total assets under management for Q2 of $102.8 billion, up 1.8% on the previous quarter. Perpetual Asset Management ...

PRI hires from Spirit Super

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 28 JAN 2022
... its team, hiring Spirit Super's general manager for strategy. Bart Moye has been appointed signatory relationship manager at PRI. He will support head of Australia and New Zealand Sheela Veerappan in his new role, managing signatory relationships across ...

Frontier recruits two senior consultants

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 27 JAN 2022
... quantitative finance solutions at Deloitte and worked for the likes of QIC, Macquarie and SJS Family Office. Former United Nations PRI chief executive Fiona Reynolds will join the Frontier board in February. The hires bring Frontier's recruitment drive ...

UBS acquires Wealthfront, opens multicultural division

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 27 JAN 2022
UBS is expanding its global wealth management offering, with a focus on affluent young people and multicultural investors. UBS has acquired Wealthfront, an automated wealth management platform serving millennial and Gen Z investors, for US$1.4 billion. ...

Fin365 to launch hybrid advice platform

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 27 JAN 2022
Fin365 is planning to launch a robo-advice platform, having acquired miPlan as part of its strategy. miPlan is a privately-owned, self-licensed robo-advice platform for individuals, retirees and small businesses. The acquisition aligns with Fin365's ...

MSC Group appoints chair, enters Singapore

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 27 JAN 2022
The trustee and fund administrator has appointed an industry veteran as group chair to support its overseas expansion. Harvey Kalman will lead the board of MSC Group, in one of several roles he's taken since leaving Equity Trustees last year. The appointment ...

Fidelity hires from Mercer

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 27 JAN 2022
Fidelity International has bolstered its institutional capability, hiring Mercer's head of Australian equities research. Mark Vrkic has been appointed as director, institutional business, based in Sydney for Fidelity International. He joins from Mercer ...

HSBC receives ESG accolades, criticism on same day

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 27 JAN 2022
Within 24 hours, HSBC received a glowing report on its ESG credentials and withering criticism that it "trashed" its own carbon pledge with a Saudi Aramco deal. S&P released its ESG ratings for $3 trillion financial institution HSBC, scoring the company ...

Emerald City becomes hot spot for investors

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 27 JAN 2022
CBRE's latest APAC Investor Intentions survey has revealed that Sydney is now the fourth most preferred destination for APAC cross-border investment. The survey, which covers all asset types, found that most investors (60%) intend to make more acquisitions ...