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Fund manager hires client experience lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2020
A $2.6 trillion ($1.9tn) global fund manager has hired a sales and marketing expert to a newly created role. Capital Group named James Cardew as its new head of marketing and client experience for Asia and Europe, responsible for overseeing institutional ...

Benchmark-lagging LIC faces strategic review

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2020
A listed investment company with a 33-year history has announced its board will now undertake a strategic review of the fund's structure and operations, after an extended period of poor returns. The Templeton Global Growth Fund (ASX: TGG) returned -11.38% ...

Vanguard to cull institutional mandates

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2020
... superannuation offering and April 2020 launch of a portal for direct investors. Vanguard was the second largest investment manager in Australia (behind State Street) with $140 billion in assets under management at March end, according to Rainmaker data. ...

Multi-strategy fund launches

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2020
A boutique Australian investment manager has launched a fund that uses sophisticated quantitative and foreign-exchange trading strategies. The Ferguson Hyams Multi-Strategy Fund was made available in mid-August and managed by Bermuda-registered Incu ...

Australia world class in retirement wellbeing

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2020
For the fourth year in a row, Australia has ranked in the top 10 countries in the world for retirement outcomes but the impact of the pandemic will be felt for some time, new research from Natixis Investment Managers shows. Australia nabbed the seventh ...

Asset allocators not prepared for market complexity: Milestone

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2020
Institutional asset allocators face an increasingly complex investment landscape, but do not have the tools to efficiently implement and manage new strategies, according to Milestone Group. The research found that institutional asset allocators are ...

InvestPro appoints Australia lead

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2020
Financial Risk Solutions (FRS), provider of InvestPro, has announced the appointment of country manager for Australia. Terry Kyle will take on the role and his appointment is part of the firm's ongoing expansion in the region. Kyle will be responsible ...

Real estate manager launches fresh fund

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2020
An ASX-listed real estate investment manager has established a new managed fund, following the acquisition of a regional shopping centre in NSW for $60 million. Elanor Investors Group has launched the Riverside Plaza Syndicate after acquiring the Riverside ...

Former Ellerston executive in new role

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2020
... former head of institutional sales and client relations has nabbed a new role as head of marketing at a global investment manager. Melinda Carter has joined L1 Capital as its new head of marketing, having left Ellerston in April 2019 after just over ...

AXA IM country head exits

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2020
AXA Investment Managers' country head for Australia and New Zealand is leaving after 16 years with the firm. Craig Hurt joined AXA IM's office in London in 2004 as a director of fixed income and liability-driven investments. Three years later, he was ...