Henderson Global Investors’ chief executive is out to replicate the success of his firm’s 2009 acquisition of UK retail funds house New Star after striking a hat-trick of Australian boutique acquisitions. These have trebled Henderson’s assets in the country to £8.5 billion and pave the way for the figure to double “within five years”.

Henderson revealed in a statement on Tuesday that it has agreed the acquisition of A$8.1 billion (£4.1 billion) bonds manager Perennial Fixed Interest Partners, and A$2.6 billion equities boutique Perennial Growth Management, in a "transformational" deal for its Australian presence.