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Fidelity appoints sustainable investing lead

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2019
The $430 billion fund manager appointed a global head of stewardship and sustainable investing from within its own ranks. Fidelity International promoted Jenn-Hui Tan to the role, which will see the 12-year Fidelity veteran responsible for leading the ...

Irish pension funds reduce equity exposure

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2019
According to Mercer, Irish pension schemes are reducing their exposure to equities and diversifying into property, infrastructure and hedge funds instead. Mercer's 2019 European Asset Allocation survey also shows average equity allocations for Irish ...

Impact investing under threat

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2019
Advocates of impact investing are in fear for the future of the movement, issuing warnings about the dangers of impact-washing. A recent analysis of green themed funds around the globe found 85% make unsubstantiated and misleading impact-related claims ...

Chief economist update: Don't buy a Big Mac in America

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2019
... July this year). In Japan, relative Big Mac prices indicate the yen is undervalued by 37.5%; South Korea won by 33.6%; the Euro - Germany, Italy and Ireland - is 20.3% undervalued; the Singapore dollar is 25.8% undervalued; the Malaysian ringgit is 62.8% ...

Aussie HNWIs slip down global rankings

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2019
Australia's high-net-worth population slumped in the rankings of a global wealth study as millionaires shifted their portfolio to cash amid share market uncertainty. According to Capgemini's annual World Wealth Report, the number of Australian ...

Sovereign investors go back to fixed income

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2019
Sovereign investment portfolios around the world have gone back to holding the largest chunks of their assets in fixed income after concerns about volatility in equities markets, says Invesco. Globally, sovereign investors increased their fixed income ...

Deutsche Bank slashes global workforce, exits global equities

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2019
Deutsche Bank is pushing past a "difficult period" by overhauling its global operations, resulting in 18,000 employees losing their jobs. The European bank announced overnight it will exit global equities functions of sales and trading, but retain an ...

Chief economist update: Currency manipulators beware

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2019
"China and Europe playing big currency manipulation game and pumping money into their system in order to compete with USA. We should MATCH, or continue being the dummies who sit back and politely watch as other countries continue to play their games ...

Bonds raise alarm at fund manager

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2019
A boutique fixed income manager is trying to placate investors over its bets on potentially risky corporate bonds issued by companies owned by a European financier. H20 Asset Management invested in unrated bonds issued by companies related to billionaire ...

Responsible investments outperform mainstream

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2019
The latest Benchmark Report by the Responsible Investment Association of Australasia (RIAA) shows responsible investment funds outperform most mainstream funds. Using KPMG data, the report shows responsible funds on average deliver higher returns across ...