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Dimensional hires institutional sales lead

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2024
Global wealth firm Dimensional Fund Advisors has appointed a new institutional sales lead. Gemma Bjarnason's appointment raises the local distribution team to six. Bjarnason is tasked with further developing the institutional business and working ...

Westpac names new chief executive

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2024
The Westpac board has promoted Anthony Miller to managing director and chief executive for the group, effective December 16. He will succeed Peter King, who is retiring after a five-year stint as chief executive and a total of three decades at the bank. ...

Channel Capital launches European Private Credit Fund

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 20 AUG 2024
Channel Capital has launched the West Street European Private Credit Fund (AUD) for Australian wholesale investors. The asset manager's fund is an open-end unit trust that accesses Goldman Sachs Asset Management's European private credit strategy, which ...

Russell Investments appoints global head of alternatives

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 AUG 2024
Russell Investments has announced the appointment of Ayesha Parra as global head of alternatives to lead the overall business strategy for the firm's alternatives platform globally. Parra, who joined in July, leads a team of alternatives specialists ...

Vanguard, Betashares, iShares neck and neck in battle for inflows

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2024
... with $8.56 billion. But in terms of performance, the top products in July were the iShares S&P Small-Cap ETF (13.5%), VanEck Gold Miners ETF (13.4%), and Global X 21Shares Bitcoin ETF (11.6%), Betashares Global Gold Miners ETF - Currency Hedged (11.4%) ...

Cbus taps ex-AustralianSuper equities chief for 'critical role'

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2024
Cbus has appointed a former AustralianSuper equities chief to serve as its head of portfolio construction. Justin Pascoe, who joined AustralianSuper as a senior portfolio manager in June 2019 before being promoted in August 2021, will take on the "critical ...

Most Australians proactively retire: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2024
Two-thirds of Australians with guaranteed income streams are proactively retiring with fewer worries and are doing so to enjoy their twilight years, contrary to popular belief, a new study reveals. Research from Macquarie University's School of ...

Future Fund hires Fortlake investments deputy

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2024
Australia's sovereign wealth fund has hired Fortlake Asset Management's deputy chief investment officer. Kylie-Anne Richards joined last week, sitting with the Future Fund's dynamic asset allocation team. Richards has served as deputy chief ...

FICAP RockStar raises over $100k for charity partners

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2024
... cover of 'Wannabe' by Spice Girls. This year's platinum sponsors for the event were BlackRock and Challenger. The gold sponsors are Alexander Funds, AZ NGA, BT, Colonial First State, HUB24, Ironbark Asset Management, KPMG, Macquarie, Magellan ...

WAM calls to save in-person AGMs

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2024
... COVID restrictions were still in place in Melbourne at the time and affirmed that in-person or hybrid meetings should be the "gold standard." "We believe that by allowing companies to hold such meetings (exclusively online AGMs), the government is eroding ...
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