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Apollo expands in Australia, acquires fund manager stake

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 9 SEP 2021
Apollo Global Management announced it will take a 50% stake in an Australian commercial real estate fund manager. New York Stock Exchange-listed Apollo will become part owner of Melbourne-based MaxCap Group but did not disclose how much it paid for ...

ETFs hit $125bn milestone

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 9 SEP 2021
Australia's exchange-traded fund sector reached another milestone, hitting $125 billion in August. Equity ETFs continue to dominate inflows, representing the majority (85%) of total flows for the month. International equity ETFs had over $1.4 billion ...

Tim Wilson grills NAB on super ownership

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 9 SEP 2021
Liberal MP Tim Wilson has grilled National Australia Bank chief executive Ross McEwan on whether super funds have undue influence over Australian banks, as funds own larger portions of the ASX. Wilson asked NAB whether super funds, as shareholders ...

HESTA chief joins ICGN board

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 SEP 2021
... board. Also appointed, CalPERS board of administration Henry Jones has been named as chair. ICGN is an institutional investor-led organisation that focuses on the advancement of good governance. Its membership responsible for assets under management ...

Boutique bolsters ESG team

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 7 SEP 2021
Fidante-backed boutique Australian equities manager Merlon Capital Partners has hired a new sustainability manager. Rebecca El-Khoury joins the firm from TransGrid, where she was also a sustainability manager. Earlier in her career El-Khoury worked ...

AustralianSuper skewers draft disclosure laws

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 6 SEP 2021
... similar approaches. "For example, in no jurisdiction can we identify a regulatory obligation requiring an institutional investor to publicly disclose the valuation and percentage holding of its direct investment into a privately held infrastructure or ...

Qualitas names insto capital head

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 6 SEP 2021
A new head of institutional capital at Qualitas Group has taken on the post shortly after joining the firm. Kivanch Mehmet, who joined the firm in May as co-head of institutional capital from Charter Hall, has been promoted to take the lead. His co-head ...

New investment model for affordable housing proposed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2021
Super funds may be able to access an income stream from the federal government for investments in affordable housing under a new scheme, the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) ASI 2021 conference has heard. Appearing at the conference ...

Franklin Templeton hires from GSFM

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2021
Franklin Templeton has appointed a new sales director, hiring from GSFM. Huw O'Grady will join the firm in the position of sales director, based in Melbourne. He joins from GSFM, where O'Grady spent seven years as key account manager, responsible for ...

Walsh Capital signs four fund managers

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2021
... investors." At Walsh Capital, her focus is solely on sophisticated investors. She doesn't want to build an institutional investor base, or a multi-boutique business. "No, I am aiming to be much more bespoke, raising money from sophisticated investors ...