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Rest lifts MPower commitment to $250m
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Perpetual's Trillium shutters two funds
Perpetual's Trillium Asset Management has terminated two sustainable funds that failed to reach their expected scale.
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AllianceBernstein has overhauled its global equity team focused on achieving environmental and social outcomes, appointing a new lead for the division and announcing the exit of two long-serving portfolio managers.
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