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Income AM bolsters sales function

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2024
ASX-listed bond broking firm Income Asset Management has hired a team of fixed income specialists from rival FIIG Securities. The six recruits will report to IAM's head of sales for capital markets Jenna Labib. The appointments come one year after ...

Actively managed, ESG funds top 2023 outflows

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 FEB 2024
Actively managed funds and ESG strategies suffered the biggest outflows in 2023 at a combined $57.7 billion. According to Calastone's Global fund flows report, actively managed strategies lost $42 billion (US$27.2bn), eclipsed by passive equity ...

Australian Retirement Trust selects chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2023
Australian Retirement Trust (ART) has named chief executive Bernard Reilly's successor, assuming the top job in March 2024. David Anderson will take over as chief executive of ART next year, following 25 years at Mercer both in Australia and abroad. ...

Calastone appoints new local head

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 NOV 2023
Global funds network Calastone has internally promoted an executive to serve as the new head of its Australian and New Zealand operations. Effective today, Marsha Lee will succeed Teresa Walker, who stepped back from the business at the end of October. ...

Multi-asset funds see $1bn exodus

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2023
Multi-asset funds recorded their fourth consecutive quarter of outflows, losing nearly $1 billion in the last 12 months, new data from Calastone finds. The year to September 2023 saw multi-asset funds suffer $974 million in outflows, the longest run ...

MA Financial boosts fund with $20m acquisition

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 3 OCT 2023
MA Financial Group has agreed to acquire Batemans Bay Marina and Port Macquarie Marina for $20 million in response to increasing institutional demand for alternative investments. The asset manager said the two east coast marinas will complement the ...

Mercer appoints first Wealth Pacific chief

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 24 JUL 2023
Mercer has outlined its ambition to accelerate growth in the APAC region, appointing Cathy Hales as its chief executive of Wealth Pacific. Hales has oversight of Mercer's wealth portfolio across Australia and New Zealand, comprising the Mercer Super ...

Selfwealth chief in sudden exit

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUL 2023
The chief executive of online trading platform Selfwealth has left the ASX-listed firm with "immediate effect". Cath Whitaker vacated the top job she assumed in April 2021. Paul Cullinan, currently the interim chief financial officer, will assume the ...

Mercer appoints three new directors

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 3 JUL 2023
Mercer has appointed three non-executive directors to its fiduciary boards, bringing experience at the likes of J.P. Morgan and Sunsuper. Former APP Securities chief executive Sangeeta Venketasan and State Super senior investment counsel David Hartley ...

Search funds beat VC, private equity returns

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2023
Search funds, an investment strategy that sprung from the hallways of two Ivy league universities in the US, have reached Australia, grabbing the attention of investors drawn to the new business model and returns in excess of 30%. Developed by universities ...
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