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Jarden hires emerging companies executive

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 FEB 2022
Jarden appointed a new managing director and head of emerging companies for its equities desk based in the Sydney office. Rohan Gallagher will join the Kiwi investment bank in April, having recently worked at Caltex (now Ampol) and as head of investor ...

Real Asset Management hires from QIC

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 8 FEB 2022
Australian owned wealth and asset manager Real Asset Management (RAM) has appointed Matthew Strotton as head of funds management for its real estate division. Strotton has more than 25 years' real estate experience in global markets across capital transactions ...

Mantis in new distribution partnership

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 7 FEB 2022
Mantis Funds is now working with Aussie TEP Management to provide local investors with access to a managed fund of traded endowment policies. Aussie TEP Management has entered a distribution partnership with Mantis Funds for its Aussie TEP Fund, which ...

Magellan shuns turnaround companies

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 4 FEB 2022
Magellan Financial Group chair Hamish Douglass continues to take a contrarian stance by shunning "turnaround companies", claiming they make it difficult for fund managers to be profitable. A company in the process of turning around its operations are ...

AFA opposes clean record requirement

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2022
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has said it does not support the 'clean record' requirement proposed within the government's new policy paper on education standards, citing the untested single disciplinary body. Under the proposed changes ...

AllianceBernstein appoints global head of ETFs

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2022
AllianceBernstein has revealed plans for a global ETF business, appointing State Street Global Advisors' head of product to lead it. Noel Archard will be responsible for bringing AB's "diverse set of investment capabilities to the active ETF marketplace," ...

Future Fund now over $200bn

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 FEB 2022
Australia's sovereign wealth fund has cracked $200 billion in assets for the first time, its latest portfolio update has revealed. Future Fund continued to grow over the December quarter, contributing to an annual return of 19.1% for the calendar year ...

Quay unveils currency hedged fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 FEB 2022
Quay Global Investors has launched a hedged version of its Global Real Estate Fund. The real estate fund manager unveiled the Quay Global Real Estate Fund (AUD Hedged). In light of this, the existing fund, the Quay Global Real Estate Fund, has been ...

Risk, compliance salaries soar: Data

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 1 FEB 2022
A shallow talent pool means risk and compliance professionals are a hot commodity in 2022, as data shows entry-level salaries having increased by a whopping 66% since the Royal Commission. According to Kaizen Recruitment, this year continues to see ...

Korean pension fund spends in Sydney

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 1 FEB 2022
The National Pension Service of Korea is now one of the co-owners of Sydney's Darling Quarter. Allianz Real Estate, on behalf of NPS and Allianz, has acquired 50% of Commonwealth Bank Place, also known as Darling Quarter. The two paid $630 million for ...