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Ex-Perpetual fundie lands at Australian Ethical

Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport

Jun 5, 2025 – 12.00am

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Australian Ethical, the funds management business capitalised at $691 million on the ASX, has signed on a new head of equities as it pushes past $13 billion in client assets.

Street Talk can reveal Nathan Parkin, a former deputy head of equities at Perpetual who went on to co-found Ethical Partners Funds Management, will join Australian Ethical in the newly created position next week. Parkin will report to chief investment officer Ludovic Theau, and oversee its equities investments across superannuation and managed funds.

Sarah Thompson has co-edited Street Talk since 2009, specialising in private equity, investment banking, M&A and equity capital markets stories. Prior to that, she spent 10 years in London as a markets and M&A reporter at Bloomberg and Dow Jones.

Kanika Sood is a journalist based in Sydney who writes for the Street Talk column.

Emma Rapaport is a co-editor of the Street Talk column. Prior to that, she was a markets reporter at The Australian Financial Review.