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Future Fund veteran takes on new gig

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2025
Future Fund emerging markets lead has taken up a new role at Australia's sovereign wealth fund. Industry heavyweight Craig Thorburn - who has been with the fund for almost two decades - has been appointed director of thought leadership. While leading ...

Acadian AM launches EM equity fund

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2025
... generate long-term returns for Australian wholesale investors through a diversified portfolio of approximately 500 emerging market companies. This is coupled with Acadian's systematic style of investing, which includes quantitative models and algorithms ...

American Century appoints local sales VP

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2025
American Century Investments has appointed a former director from Dimensional Funds Advisers to run sales in Australia. Tom Fellowes has taken on the role of vice president of Australia sales. Based in Sydney, he will report to American Century's ...

GQG rejigs allocations amid tariff pain

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2025
GQG has slashed its consumer discretionary and information technology holdings as it repositions for the "extraordinary market volatility" after US tariffs were rolled out last week. GQG said it continues to reposition portfolios with "the aim of achieving ...

Market turmoil hits portfolios

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2025
Following US President Donald Trump's "Liberation Day" tariffs, major stock indexes on Wall Street dropped as much as 6%, losing $4.9 trillion (US$3.1 trillion) in market value, marking the largest decline since March 2020. VanEck Asia Pacific chief ...

New impact fund backs marginalised female entrepreneurs

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2025
Social purpose organisation Good Return has launched its second impact fund, aimed at supporting marginalised female entrepreneurs across the Asia-Pacific region. The evergreenfund is seeking to raise $10 million from Australian wholesale investors ...

BlackRock rebalance sparks record-high ETF trades on ASX

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2025
... The fund manager's annual strategic asset allocation (SAA) slashed its exposure to Australian equities and emerging market (EM) equities between 4.5% and 5%, and upped allocations to European, Japanese, and Chinese equities between 1% and 3%. While ...

India Avenue launches active ETF

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2025
India Avenue Investment Management has launched its first active ETF on Cboe Australia. The India Avenue Equity Fund Active ETF (IAEF) was admitted on the exchange yesterday. The fund invests in predominantly publicly listed companies in India or generate ...

Active Super fined $10.5m for greenwashing

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2025
... as a country exclusion. That report revealed that Active Super held investments in Russian stocks through two emerging market funds but begun divesting those securities after the invasion. It also invested in tobacco and gambling companies such as Skycity ...

MLC Life explores new market

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2025
MLC Life has recruited a new general manager to help drive growth in the individual life insurance segment. Imran Lalani has been appointed general manager of emerging individual markets. He joins MLC Life Insurance with extensive experience in leadership ...