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AMP hires new head of portfolio management

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JAN 2022
... of the reasons for Morningstar downgrading the AMP Capital Multi-Asset Fund to negative. "Stuart is a proven investment manager with more than 30 years of experience, and a key addition to MAG, a team of experienced investment professionals," Shelley ...

Natixis sells Fiera Capital interest

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 14 JAN 2022
Natixis Investment Managers is offloading its stake in Fiera Capital over the course of two transactions. Natixis has flagged it will sell close to 11 million shares in Fiera Capital; 3.56 million will sell for an aggregate repurchase price of US$34.8 ...

EQT expands European footprint

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 11 JAN 2022
Equity Trustees has launched a second global equity UCITS fund for a sustainable investment firm based in the UK. Equity Trustees is the appointed UCITS Management Company to the Gateway UCITS Funds, supporting the launch of the Ecofin Renewables Infrastructure ...

Financial elder abuse programs launch

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 JAN 2022
Protecting Seniors Wealth has unveiled new programs for the financial services sector so that it can do more to help prevent financial elder abuse. The training provider is targeting superannuation funds, financial advice firms and investment managers ...

New head of ESG at American Century

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 11 JAN 2022
The $250 billion global investment manager American Century Investments has appointed a new head of ESG and sustainable investing. Sarah Bratton Hughes joined the firm on January 3, and will also lead the ESG and investment stewardship team at American ...

Pension scheme, UBS divest energy companies

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 21 DEC 2021
... life and businesses need to be preparing now to remain profitable and successful," Nest's senior responsible investment manager Katharina Lindmeier said. "At Nest we aim to work with companies to encourage sustainable business decisions but will draw ...

NZ Super awards passive ESG mandates

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 DEC 2021
NZ Super Fund has selected UBS Asset Management to manage $4.9 billion across two passive mandates. UBS Asset Management has designed two ESG index equity funds for NZ Super, tailored to its performance and responsible investment requirements. UBS Asset ...

CFS extends SimCorp partnership

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 DEC 2021
Colonial First State has re-signed with SimCorp to provide back-office support as it overhauls its systems. CFS will migrate its platform and data management to Datacare, SimCorp's cloud-based data management service, after announcing it received a ...

PIMCO revives local LIT plans

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 DEC 2021
... about 25 years, said the new offering will seek to address Australian investors' ongoing demand for income. The investment manager originally planned to launch the product in March 2020, announcing the move in November 2019. But in February 2020 it confirmed ...

CFS launches low cost geared index options

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 14 DEC 2021
Colonial First State (CFS) has today launched two new geared index options through its $109 billion FirstChoice platform, giving investors leveraged exposure to local and global markets. The first passively managed geared investment options to be offered ...