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Challenger adds new boutique

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2019
Challenger's multi-boutique asset management business has taken a minority stake in a new alternatives manager. Fidante Partners will take over the distribution and marketing of London-based FME Asset Management (Financial Markets Engineering), in line ...

Chief economist update: UK economy slows on Brexit woes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2019
When the Bank of England (BOE) decided to keep monetary policy settings unchanged following its February 7 monetary policy committee meeting, it acknowledged in its statement that: "UK economic growth slowed in late 2018 and appears to have weakened ...

ASIC gears up for Brexit

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2019
ASIC is liaising with the UK corporate regulator, Bank of England and local stakeholders to prepare for Brexit's impact, it said in a statement. ASIC said it will enter into new memorandums of understanding (MoU) with the UK's Financial Conduct Authority ...

Chief economist update: Euro contagion redux?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2019
... the single currency area. This would be transmitted through trade in as much as Europe's biggest trading partner is Europe. As per the EU, "Trade in goods and services between EU Member States accounts for over two thirds of the overall trade of ...

Brexit is history: Chief Economists Forum

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2019
... view." Explaining his thinking, Tinker said the Mayor of Calais - the main port of entry for British exports heading to Europe - was unlikely to thwart the arrival of British exports simply if an agreement wasn't reached. Tinker added the market ...

Equity investors will struggle in 2019: Baur

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2019
... low-wage workers are being brought into the economy and they compete with the other middle-class workers in the UK, US, Europe and Japan, he said. That competition is going to go away and middle-class wages may indeed be the next bull market, Baur said. ...

Link sells a slice of $1.5 billion acquisition

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2019
... Asset Servicing (LAS). In 2017, Link paid $1.5 billion to buy Capita Asset Services to expand its presence in the UK and Europe, and renamed it LAS. The CPCS business offered private client services including trust and company services like intergenerational ...

AMP Capital starts new team, appoints two leads

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2019
... Patsy Sandys, an associate director of the infrastructure equity team in London, will lead the direct investments desk in Europe, reporting to Foo. Foo takes on the new appointment in addition to his current role as a partner and head of infrastructure ...

Mercer appoints new chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2019
... Ferland as the new president and chief executive of Mercer, effective March 1. Ferland currently serves as president of Europe and Pacific and co-president of global health. In September 2018, she also assumed the role of Mercer Group president. She ...

VC investments in Australia hit record high

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2019
... reveal global investments in fintechs "continue to grow," with the firm predicting fintech would remain a hot ticket in Europe this year. It said however that some consolidation might occur as some fintechs shift towards becoming more like banks.