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Maple-Brown Abbott hires for new strategy

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 OCT 2021
Maple-Brown Abbott has appointed a global head of emerging markets as it launches a new strategy investing in the space. The boutique hired John Moorhead to the newly created role. He is based in Sydney and will report to chief executive and managing ...

Maple-Brown Abbott launches new fund

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 17 SEP 2021
Boutique investment manager Maple-Brown Abbott has launched an Asian equities dividend growth fund. The Maple-Brown Abbott Asian Dividend Growth Fund aims to deliver a total return over a five-year period maintaining a dividend yield in excess of the ...

New head of ESG at boutique

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2021
A boutique investment manager has hired a new head of ESG from BT. Emma Pringle has been appointed the head of ESG at Maple-Brown Abbott (MBA). Pringle had a 14-year long career at BT, most recently as head of customer governance and sustainability. ...

Bank rebound buoys Aussie equities funds

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2021
The Australian banking sector has rebounded from being among the worst performers of the 2020 financial year to among the best for 2021. That's according to Mercer's Australian Shares Investment Manager Performance Survey. The survey also demonstrated ...

Colonial Super Retirement Fund rejigs managers

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAR 2021
Colonial Super Retirement Fund and CMLA options have made changes including external managers for nearly 45 options. The changes are effective April 2021 and apply to 19 products available via Colonial Super Retirement Fund and other products issued ...

ASIC extends olive branch to inside traders

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2021
ASIC is encouraging people to dob in others who worked with them on market manipulation, insider trading or dishonest conduct in financial services - in exchange for immunity. ASIC says it can offer such individuals immunity from civil proceedings ...

Maple-Brown Abbott finetunes Aussie equities lineup

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2021
The Sydney boutique is winding up its geared Australian equities fund after underperformance and dwindling assets, while trimming the fees on two others. Maple-Brown Abbott 's Australian Geared Equity Fund has been around since 2002 and uses leverage ...

Market rotation signals win for value: Maple-Brown Abbott

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2021
The emerging market rotation from growth to value signals a trend which may see valuations adjust significantly in 2021, according to Maple-Brown Abbott. Head of Australian equities Dougal Maple-Brown said the market is at the beginning of a new cycle ...

IFM Investors executive director departs

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2020
IFM Investors' head of Australia, global relationships group has left a year after joining in the newly-created role. Nicki Ashton joined IFM in September last year. She was responsible for IFM's business development and investor relations agenda ...

Aussie asset managers fourth-fastest in global growth

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2020
Australian asset managers are the fourth-fastest growing of their global peers, clocking in 11.9% in compounded annual growth over the last five years, says a new report from Willis Towers Watson. Willis Towers Watson's Thinking Ahead Institute published ...