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VFMC director nabs global role

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2020
... off at consumer goods company Procter & Gamble. He has been working with CFA Institute in various advisory roles since August 2015. "I'm honored to be continuing my long-term relationship with CFA Institute as chair of the board of governors," Gamba ...

Boutique launches Aussie equities fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2020
... with the aim of beating S&P/ASX 200 Industrials Accumulation Index over rolling three-year periods. Top 10 holdings at August end included: Tabcorp, Telstra, Aurizon, Lendlease and IPH. By sector, its highest weighting is to financials (21.9% of the ...

Banks lose US$635 billion

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2020
Global banks have cumulatively lost around US$635.33 billion in market capitilisation between December 2019 and August 2020, according to research from Buy Shares. The data indicated that 14 of the world's largest major global banks have suffered ...

Chief economist update: Prime Minister Suga

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2020
... the United States and China. Prime Minister Suga has very big shoes to fill in Shinzo Abe who unexpectedly resigned on August 28 for health reasons. After serving a year and a day as Japan's prime minister from 26 September 2006 to 26 September 2007 ...

Financial services laws under review

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2020
... maintain regulatory flexibility to address unforeseen or unprecedented situations. A third interim report is due by 25 August 2023 and will focus on the potential reframing or restructuring of Chapter 7 of the Corporations Act. This will involve identifying ...

Brace for 5% returns from global stocks

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2020
... publishes its expectations on returns from different asset classes over the next five year. This year's report, published on August 13, pegs equities returns at mid-single digits. Its forecast for global equities has come down over the period year to ...

Super fund restructures, fixed income lead exits

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2020
... equities team. The FICC team will now report to Barnes. Sue Berman was appointed the head of fixed income and currency in August 2007, helping manage $15 billion of defensive assets, $9 billion of globally diversified multi-manager debt investments and ...

Former analyst gets three year sentence

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2020
... impersonating a police officer in 1994. By February 2018, Big Un was suspended from quotation on the ASX and finally delisted in August that year. "ASIC will take strong action against market misconduct in order to ensure Australia's financial markets ...

Hedge funds in the green

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2020
The global hedge fund industry surged 2.5% in August, lifting the average strategy to sit comfortably in the green year to date. That's according to institutional research house eVestment, which found that thanks to August's results the average hedge ...

Chief economist update: Global healing?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2020
... gross domestic product (GDP)". The latest reading from the survey showed the composite index rising to a reading of 52.4 in August - the highest level since March 2019, the fourth straight month of improvement and the second consecutive month the index ...