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Causeway PM, H&G form joint venture

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 11 SEP 2023
Causeway will manage a large pool of investor funds through a strategic joint venture with ASX-listed Hancock and Gore (H&G) and introduce its offerings to the Australian market. The H&G Causeway Dynamic Credit Fund looks to offer a streamlined mechanism ...

AustralianSuper sued over multiple accounts

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2023
In a first-of-its-kind case, ASIC is taking AustralianSuper to court over its failure to properly monitor and consolidate multiple accounts on behalf of members for close to a decade. In May, AustralianSuper announced it would be refunding close to ...

Financial advice firms profits jumps: Research

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 SEP 2023
... advisers in Australia dropped from 16,700 in 2022 to around 15,700 in May 2023. At the same time, the average number of active clients per adviser has risen to 120, up from 113. Over the period, business profitability increased significantly among self-licensed ...

Janus Henderson launches new fund

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 5 SEP 2023
Janus Henderson has launched its Emerging Markets Equity Fund to local investors, the result of increased client demand. The fund provides exposure to countries and corporations at different stages of economic and political development, targeting a ...

IFM Investors appoints head of sustainable investment

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 5 SEP 2023
... also been on the board of the UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association and its policy committee. She is also an active member of the PMI Advisory Council, ABI Climate Change and Stewardship Working Groups, Occupational Pensions Stewardship Council ...

Saxo APAC asset management lead exits

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 4 SEP 2023
The head of Saxo Markets' asset management for Asia Pacific has left the company after two years. Sydney-based Manish Prasad was appointed to the role in June 2021 and has recently left the firm, Saxo confirmed. Prasad was hired at a time when Saxo ...

Natixis IM eyes expansion with new retail AFSL

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 4 SEP 2023
... achieve their financial goals," she said. "Our point of difference is our global 'Expert Collective' of high performing active managers that delivers more than 200 strategies across different asset classes including global large, small and medium cap ...

Super funds taking on the climate crisis

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 AUG 2023
As stewards of future prosperity, superannuation funds are obligated to mitigate extreme climate impacts through rapid decarbonisation and drawdown permissions; a failure to act would squander a golden opportunity to spearhead the transition to a low ...

Evolution Trustees responds to likely wholesale definition change

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 25 AUG 2023
In anticipation of regulatory change, Evolution Trustees has established a division to help investment houses transition their wholesale funds to retail. The move is in response to Treasury's review of managed investment schemes and consultation on ...

Former AFA president Dugald Mitchell remembered

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 25 AUG 2023
... former president of the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA), passed away on August 18 at the age of 89. Mitchell was an active member and leader of the AFA, playing key roles as a member of the National Education Committee and the Policy Advisory ...