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Philanthropic sectors want investment advisers to step up

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2025  |  NEWS
A new study shows that the philanthropic sector is increasingly demanding investment advisers that can achieve the dual purpose of fulfilling strong financial performance and mission alignment. The Mission Meets Capital report canvassed trusts and foundations ...

Platinum executives depart amid merger talks

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2025  |  NEWS
Three executives at Platinum Asset Management have departed as the asset manager finalises its merger with L1 Capital. Platinum's head of investment Douglas Isles and head of institutional distribution Charlie Brooks have both exited the business ...

Ascalon hires from SCM, Zenith and GQG

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2025  |  NEWS
... Management, and Ankura Capital. In the new role, Flygare will consult to private wealth, family office, institutional and endowment clients. Noting that the advice market continues to evolve, Hawke said Ascalon Capital was founded to deliver institutional-grade ...

Bill Gates to give away wealth in next 20 years

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2025  |  NEWS
... expect the foundation will spend more than US$200 billion between now and 2045. This figure includes the balance of the endowment and my future contributions," Gates said. "Over the next 20 years, the Gates Foundation will aim to save and improve as ...

Mercer adds to wealth team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
Mercer continues to bump up its wealth distribution team by adding two new staffers. Matthew Young and Staten Janes have both been hired as senior sales leaders, based in Sydney. Young joined FIIG Securities, where he was head of intermediary distribution ...

Mercer snaps up Northern Trust AM exec

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
A Northern Trust Asset Management executive is quitting her post as the head of strategic partnerships for Australia and New Zealand and rejoining Mercer. Amber Morgan was at Northern Trust AM for almost two years developing investment solutions for ...

AMP nabs Mercer wealth manager

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 12 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
... second Mercer executive to depart in as many weeks. Shane Brereton spent seven years working in Mercer's wealth endowment & foundation business, but he 'happily' took redundancy in September. He recently joined Genium as an investment con ...

Back on the huddle, fund flows into clean energy

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... energy superpower, can Australia be in the running? All the ingredients are there. "Australia has a natural resource endowment. We already have one-third of the world's critical minerals in the form of resources in the ground. We have a highly skilled ...

Australia's chance to step up

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
Clean energy investors are confident that Trump's threat to repeal the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and "Drill, baby, drill!" puts Australia in pole position to become a regional green superpower. The Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) kicked ...

Asset owners embrace sustainable investment

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
Pension funds, endowments and sovereign wealth funds are increasingly worried about climate change's impact on their investments. Asset owners are more confident in data, feel less hindered by regulation, and more concerned over the impact of climate ...