Blackwattle looks to Antipodes for global equity launch; Fidelity appoints president as Richards steps back

Blackwattle has appointed former Antipodes founding partner and portfolio manager, Sunny Bangia, and three former colleagues to launch its first global equity fund.

Global investment manager Fidelity International has appointed a new president to take over from Anne Richards, who will move into a vice chair role.

Nominations and submissions have opened for the individual categories at the 36th annual Fund Manager of the Year Awards.

A benchmark unaware investment process and disruption in the adviser and platform market are among headwinds for Platinum as the 30-year-old firm announces a two-part turnaround strategy.

Following its 1H24 results, Prime Financial CEO Simon Madder speaks with Money Management on the firm’s growth vision and how it hopes to complete more acquisitions in the funds management space.

Perpetual chief executive, Rob Adams, has refuted comments that the acquisition of Pendal has been a failure as the business reports $4.3 billion in outflows in the first half of 2024.