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Cbus appoints three investment heads

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2021
... for five years, and has also worked at Challenger and HSBC. The fund has appointed James Crawford its head of equity portfolio construction. Crawford has worked at First Sentier, AllianceBernstein and Wellington. Crawford was also previously head of ...

Natixis launches racial equity strategy

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2021
Natixis Investment Managers has launched a set of portfolios that aim to identify public companies that promote diversity, equity and inclusion. Active Index Advisors (AIA) Racial Equity Portfolios tracks the S&P 500 using research and its proprietary ...

Newton IM adds Future strategies

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2021
The BNY Mellon subsidiary has launched three investment strategies that are poised to benefit from the opportunities in sustainability. Newton Investment Management will manage the Future Earth, Future Food and Future Life global equity portfolios and ...

Redpoint wins $50m mandate

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2020
Redpoint Investment has won a $50 million socially responsible investing (SRI) mandate within JANA's SRI Australian Share Trust. Redpoint chief executive Max Cappetta said the mandate validates the manager's focus on sustainability and ESG ...

Magellan launches funds on Chi-X

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2020
... diversified, portfolio of high-quality stocks. The sustainable fund aims to bring investors a high conviction, global equity portfolio of high-quality companies with meaningfully lower carbon factor risk than global markets. Magellan chief executive ...

Commonwealth Super awards mandate for new strategy

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2020
... sustainable asset manager. CSC and Osmosis Investment Management have partnered to launch a Resource Efficient Core Equity Portfolio (ex-Australia). The portfolio will aim to mitigate environmental risks while targeting a better risk-adjusted return. ...

Acadian hires from Macquarie

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2020
Acadian Asset Management is growing its research team with a new appointment. Steven Wong has been named vice president of research and associate portfolio manager. He will be responsible for researching Australian and global quantitative equity portfolios ...

BlackRock to buy equity index firm

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2020
The investment giant is making a bigger play for wealthy investors, offering them a more personalised strategy with the acquisition of an equity index business for US$1.05 billion. BlackRock is set to acquire investment manager Aperio, which provides ...

T. Rowe Price launches entity, restructures

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2020
... employees who will work alongside Jackson under TRPIM. Jackson has been with T. Rowe Price since 2007, joining as an equity portfolio specialist. He moved up the ranks to become director of equity research for developed Europe and North America. Steven ...

Franking credits more important than ever

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2020
Many retirees are missing out on additional income because their Australian equity portfolios do not take advantage of the taxation system, according to Plato Investment Management. Plato portfolio manager Peter Gardner said, with interest rates at ...