Published on: Thursday, March 11, 2021
By: Bernama
Sabahan Adrian Andy Albert will man the goalposts for UniKL.
Kuala Lumpur: After the historic feat of winning the Malaysian Hockey League (MHL) treble – Charity Shield, Premier League and TNB Cup – a year ago, Universiti Kuala Lumpur (UniKL) are raring to defend all the titles when the 2021 season kicks off Thursday.
The university team will begin their campaign against runners-up, Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) in the Charity Shield match at Bukit Jalil National Hockey Stadium in the new normal under the sports bubble concept, with the high aim of winning every single match lined up in MHL.
For much of the last year, David Harte and his team at Amundi Ireland have managed the billions of euro of investment assets in their care from their kitchen tables.
But being away from their high rise office at Dublin’s Georges Quay certainly has not dented their ambition.
Its new Irish retail business, launched in 2020, has already taken in €1bn of new investment assets. Harte now believes it will have €3bn under management after its first three years, rather than the €2bn he had targeted.
And that is just one part of a plan to grow the Irish business and build its importance within the wider French-headquartered Amundi operation, which has €1.7trn assets under management (AUM). The Irish arm employs 350 staff with €43bn of AUM. Both figures are set to grow, says Harte. As Irish CEO he runs an operation managing assets for everyone from individual investors seeking green-friendly funds to huge institutional clients such as its management of part of the NTMA’s multi