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US investment firm launches in Australia

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2020
New York based ARP Investments has entered the Australian market through a partnership with Axius Partners. ARP currently manages US$2 billion in assets and describes itself as a boutique technology and innovation driven alternative systematic investment ...

US surpasses Asia Pacific for HNWI growth

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2020
For the first time in eight years, more high net worth individuals (HNWI) emerged in North America than in the Asia Pacific region. This is according to the World Wealth Report 2020, produced by Capgemini. HNWI wealth and population grew by almost 9% ...

Equity Trustees nabs new director

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2020
Equity Trustees has nabbed an industry super fund's interim chief investment officer as an independent director on two of its superannuation boards. George Zielinski has been appointed as an independent director on the boards of Equity Trustees ...

Balanced options in the red, but only just

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2020
The balanced options of the majority of the country's super funds are only just in the red after suffering through an unprecedented period of market volatility. Rainmaker Information executive director of research Alex Dunnin argues they have made ...

WAM makes replacement bid for Keybridge

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2020
Despite ongoing legal action between the pair, WAM Active has made an official replacement bid to acquire Keybridge Capital shares at an offer price of 6.9 cents per share. The new offer is higher than the previous offer of 6.5 cents per share, made ...

Schroders readies private assets offering

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2020
The global manager's Australian business has launched a private equity fund for sophisticated investors, with a private debt fund launch chalked in for the second half of the year. The Schroders Specialist Private Equity Fund (SSPEF) is an Australian-domiciled ...

ClearView announces board changes

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2020
ClearView Wealth has announced a number of changes to its board including a new chair. Geoff Black has been named as the new chair, replacing Bruce Edwards who announced his intention to retire at the start of April. Edwards officially retired as chair ...

Rest names chief investment officer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2020
A former Morningstar investment lead has been appointed inaugural chief investment officer of the $54 billion industry superannuation fund. Rest has named Andrew Lill as chief investment officer, joining from Morningstar Investment Management where ...

Capital Group appoints ESG head

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020
The US$1.7 trillion manager has hired Schroders' global head of stewardship as its global head of ESG. Jessica Ground will start in the new role in September and will be based in London. At Capital Group, she will be responsible for incorporating the ...

EM winners, losers emerge in COVID-19 struggle

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020
The pandemic has created compelling investment opportunities in emerging markets, while the bigger players face increasing scrutiny over their bungled responses and dismal transparency. That's according to Michael Cirami, co-director of global income ...