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China awards private fund license to $900bn manager

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUL 2017
... global investment manager representing about $900 billion in assets under management has been granted a private fund management license by the Asset Management Association of China (AMAC). The AMAC license will allow UBS Asset Management to offer onshore ...

IRESS partnership aids RG 97 compliance

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAY 2017
... "As a result of RG 97, automated access and analysis of trade data is becoming a top priority for the Australian fund management community," she said. "The more simple data delivery mechanism allows our client service team to focus more on where we can ...

Funds management veteran retires

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 29 MAY 2017
The founder of Sirius Fund Management is retiring from the investment management industry after 34 years. Kieran Kelly became acquainted with the industry as an investment journalist at the AFR in 1979. He then took on an internship at Provident National ...

K2 slashes fees for three funds

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2017
... primary investment choice - not only amongst specialist fund managers but also as an alternative to mainstream fund management brands."

Government puts stopper on Future Fund drawdowns

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
... by increased public debt interest expenses. The Budget statement also noted an increase in staff at the Future Fund Management Agency, bringing the total number from 138 to 167. This increase, the statement said, reflected "staff needed for upgrading ...

Financial advisers should consider bitcoin as an asset class: Dunworth

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 8 MAY 2017
... long-term game. "A lot of people say that bitcoin is very volatile. It is in the short term but if I were doing fund management for my client, I see it as a very good long term investment," he said. The reason is that bitcoin is still in its formative ...

Findex assigns Aussie equities mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2017
... qualitative bottom up research. We share a strong belief in avoiding key person risk that often weighs down a fund management group." The Altair investment management team includes former UBS chief economist Steve Roberts and Gerard Minack, who was previously ...

Emerging markets investment grows with new fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAR 2017
... was co-founded by Mercer, who is a former head of global emerging markets research for Watson Wyatt, and Optimal Fund Management founder Warwick Johnson. Remerga's unique investment management fee structure reflects the firm's desire to offer value for ...

Russell appoints senior analyst

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2017
... Late last year Russell Investments signed an agreement with China Asset Management Co, one of China's leading fund management companies, to establish their position in the emerging market. Under terms of the agreement, Russell will provide advice to ...

BTIM state executive begins at netwealth

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JAN 2017
... for BNP Paribas. Prior to that he has also held a communications role with WHK Group and worked with Ennismore Fund Management in London. The appointment follows on from a recent Linkedin post by co-managing director Michael Heine looking to expand the ...