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Macquarie breaks into top 50 fund manager list

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 OCT 2023
... manager on the list. The latest analysis by the Willis Towers Watson's Thinking Ahead Institute shows that Aussie fund managers performed relatively better than those from other developed markets in 2022 amidst the market disruption from soaring ...

abrdn's Brett Jollie lands new gig

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2023
... having overhauled abrdn's local business, he was in pole position to advise peers. "To survive in this environment fund managers will need to run efficient business models and provide a strong value proposition to their clients. And not all fund managers ...

Internal teams gain decision-making power: Frontier

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2023
Where chief investment officers were historically considered by fund managers to be the most influential person at a superannuation fund, fresh insights from Frontier show the balance of power has steadily shifted. According to Frontier, in 2017 about ...

Blackwattle to take over Watermark fund

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2023
... founder, Justin Braitling. The independent fund manager is already well acquainted with Blackwattle, with former investment managers Daniel Broeren and Robert Hawkesford joining the newly formed boutique in May. In transferring management responsibilities ...

Netwealth to distribute private markets offering

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2023
... market investments, including limited partnerships and non-Australian domiciled funds, sourced from iCapital's menu of managers. Commenting on the alliance, Marco Bizzozero, iCapital's head of international, noted the partnership as an "important ...

Startup success hinges on founder personality: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 OCT 2023
... worked in tech before, or attended prestigious universities," he said. A separate study found that good-looking fund managers might be hired for marketing purposes, their not-so-attractive counterparts are likely recruited for their skills alone. Unattractive ...

KeyInvest, Mantis Funds launch investment bond offering

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 OCT 2023
... Adelaide-based specialty financial services provider has partnered with Mantis Funds to bring investment bonds to wealth managers, financial advisers and high-net-worth individuals (HNWIs). As part of the deal, Mantis will become the exclusive external ...

The ugly truth: Unattractive fund managers are investment darlings

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2023
... peers. In the first economics study to employ a deep learning model to quantify facial attractiveness, unattractive fund managers notched up an extra 0.17% in monthly returns, eclipsing those deemed more conventionally attractive. The study posited that ...

PGIM Real Estate launches research lab

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 12 OCT 2023
... tech to research and develop new technologies that can be incubated and eventually adopted by owners, operators, and managers of real assets. Additionally, RealAssetX will develop strategic partnerships with venture capital firms to invest in and deliver ...

Pengana launches first global private credit fund

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2023
... opportunities. "Our alliance with Mercer provides extensive global reach and the ability to target some of the best private credit managers," Pengana Credit chief executive Nehemiah Richardson said. "We are pleased to bring a solution to market that ...