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Fidelity hires sustainability director

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAY 2021
Fidelity International has appointed a director of sustainable investing who is based in Hong Kong. Gabriel Wilson-Otto will further integrate sustainability considerations into Fidelity's investment process, working closely with the research unit on ...

GQG Partners adds to team

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 10 MAY 2021
GQG Partners has expanded its Australian presence with three appointments, building out the team to eight. Alison Smith has joined as compliance officer from MLC where she was compliance manager - asset management. Prior to this, she was principal at ...

Bellmont adds to distribution team

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2021
Bellmont Securities has made a new hire to its distribution team in Perth. Paul Reilly leads the adviser solutions team, joining from Financial Framework where he was a director and financial adviser for over seven years. Reilly was previously a senior ...

Standard Life Aberdeen rebrands to Abrdn

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 APR 2021
Standard Life Aberdeen is changing its name to Abrdn in a bid to revamp the company with a modern edge. Standard Life Aberdeen plc will become Abrdn plc, the firm announced overnight. Abrdn, which is still pronounced "Aberdeen", reflects a modern brand ...

Clime appoints new chief executive

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 26 APR 2021
Madison Financial Group's Annick Donat has been appointed the chief executive of Clime Investment Management. She will commence in the role on 1 May 2021. Donat was most recently the chief executive of Madison for over three years, before it was ...

QMV partnerships lead resigns

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 8 APR 2021
The national manager of strategic partnerships at QMV has left after five years with the Melbourne-based financial services consulting firm. Michael Wilcox joined QMV in May 2016, taking on responsibilities for promoting independent advice, delivery ...

Aberdeen Standard rejigs Aussie equities fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2021
Aberdeen Standard Investments will relaunch its Australian equities fund, taking it from ESG to tighter SRI criteria. The $40 million fund managed by Michelle Lopez has so far used ESG criteria (which the firm says is embedded in all its strategies). ...

Buffett doesn't want to report on diversity, climate

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAR 2021
Berkshire Hathaway is urging shareholders to vote against two separate proposals urging the firm to disclose its climate-related risks and diversity metrics. Berkshire Hathaway Inc's annual meeting is scheduled for May 1. Proxy voting directions filed ...

ASI restructures distribution team

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 MAR 2021
Aberdeen Standard Investments continues to restructure the local operation, confirming that four employees from its distribution team have been made redundant. An ASI spokesperson confirmed that the employees left the firm in December 2020 following ...

Chief economist update: Japan to double down on stimulus?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 MAR 2021
It won't be long now until cherry blossoms start blooming in Japan. But just like these blossoms' short-lived wonder, the Land of the Rising Sun's economic recovery through various crises going back to the late 1980s-early 1990s proved to ...