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Perpetual names planned post-acquisition executive lineup

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2022
Perpetual has revealed the notional appointments for its executive committee, who will lead the combined group following completion of its proposed acquisition of Pendal Group (Pendal). Perpetual chief executive and managing director Rob Adams, who ...

MFS names global fixed income investment chiefs

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 18 OCT 2022
MFS is growing its fixed income department's leadership team with the addition of two co-chief investment officers. MFS director of fixed income, Europe Pilar Gomez-Bravo and fixed income portfolio manager Alexander Mackey will join current chief investment ...

AXA IM Alts bolsters natural capital platform

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2022
The alternative investment manager has expanded its natural capital platform with the launch of a new $760 million strategy and appointments including Adam Gibbon, Edoardo Cavallo and Camila Alva Estabridis. The strategy builds on AXA IM Alt's existing ...

Class bolsters leadership with new general managers

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2022
The cloud-based wealth accounting platform has added four new general managers to its leadership team, while also bidding farewell to its long serving chief solutions officer. The appointments of Gary Cox, Jo Hurley, Tracy Williams, and Tom Sargent ...

Global fintech Smart expands pension offering to Australia

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2022
... operate under the Smart brand and provide its fintech offerings locally. Its technology includes apps, web access, Amazon Alexa and Google Home skills, apparently making it as easy to manage retirement funds as it is to shop or bank online. Co-founders ...

First Sentier named Investment Manager of the Year

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2022
First Sentier Investors won Investment Manager of the Year award at the Financial Standard Investment Leadership Awards, taking the title from Macquarie Investment Management which held it for four years running. The Investment Leadership Awards celebrate ...

Schroders hires investment director

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2022
A new investment director has joined Schroders' equities product team, tasked with accelerating its biodiversity strategy and SMA development. Anne-Sophie Williams joins from BlackRock where she has spent the last four years as an active equities product ...

Tattarang invests in plastic-free fabric

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2022
The Forrest family's investment firm Tattarang has pumped $26.8 million into next generation fabric technology. The investment was made as part of a Series B capital raise by US-based material innovator Natural Fiber Welding (NFW). NFW creates low carbon ...

Lazard AM chief executive to retire

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2022
The chief executive of Lazard Asset Management is set to retire after 20 years in the role, with a successor named. Ashish Bhutani has decided to retire as chief executive of the asset management business to pursue philanthropic and personal interests ...

Capital Group appoints to newly created role

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2022
Capital Group has appointed London-based Kat Ferris as head of product development for Asia and Europe. Reporting to Alexandra Haggard, head of product and investment services for Asia and Europe, Ferris will lead the team responsible for product development ...