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Realm House hires from Plato

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2025
... Investors. Tung is active in the CFA Society as an examiner and mentor. He will report to Realm's head of strategy and risk, Ken Liow. "We are delighted that Simon will be joining us. His experience, thoughtfulness and collegiality are very obvious ...

BlackRock, State Street, Vanguard sued over climate stance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2024
... climate activism violated antitrust laws and caused reduced coal production and higher energy prices. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a case with the Federal Court in Tyler, Texas, claiming the institutions "conspired to artificially constrict ...

Former Western AM investment chief charged for 'cherry-picking'

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 26 NOV 2024
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged former Western Asset co-chief investment officer Ken Leech for "engaging in a multi-year scheme to allocate favourable trades to certain portfolios." The SEC alleges Leech engaged in the conduct ...

Making a splash: The economic impact of AUKUS

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2024
The controversial $370 billion pact between the US, Australia, and the UK, or 'AUKUS', is being sold as a boon for the economy and nation-building exercise that will amplify defence capabilities and strengthen regional security. But is it all ...

Jupiter AM awards distribution mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 22 OCT 2024
... institutional market, and proven track record in engaging with local asset owners and consultants," he said. Shannon Leake and Ken Bingham launched IDP four years ago. Its affiliates manage more than US$700 billion ($1.05tn) collectively. Managing partner ...

Zenith appoints new head of research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 OCT 2024
Zenith Investment Partners has appointed Grant Kennaway to the new role of group head of research, with accountability for both investment and super fund research across the Australian business. In this role Kennaway will be responsible for leading ...

Property fund management firm loses AFSL

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2024
ASIC has stripped the Australian financial services licence (AFSL) of Aretean Ltd Pty, trading as Aretean Capital, following the fund manager's failure to comply with its obligations. Aretean Capital boasts assets under management of over $250 million ...

Pitcher Partners executives launch advice firm

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2024
Three Pitcher Partners executives have set off to launch Viola Private Wealth, an ultra-high-net-worth financial advice firm spearheaded by Charlie Viola. Viola, together with founding partners Sean Ward and Andrew Levi, bought out operational aspects ...

MLC Life appoints two C-suite executives

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2024
MLC Life Insurance has appointed a chief executive, individual business and a chief customer and strategy officer. Gerard Kerr joins the life insurer as chief executive, individual business, while Jane McGovern moves internally from chief risk officer ...

ESSSuper launches Balanced Growth Managed option

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2024
ESSSuper has launched a new option designed to help members boost their savings in retirement. The new Balanced Growth Managed option aims to help members increase their super balance for retirement by delivering stable returns via diversification. ...