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Veteran WTW investments head departs

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUN 2017
Willis Towers Watson's head of investments for Asia-Pacific will leave the company after 23 years, and a successor has been appointed. Naomi Denning originally joined WTW in 1994. She also worked as an asset consultant at Mercer for five years, and ...

AllianceBernstein SMAs break new ground

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 13 MAR 2017
... breakthrough for offshore equity SMAs in Australia. The AB Concentrated Global Growth Equities Portfolio and AB Concentrated US Growth Equities Portfolio, providing Australian investors with the opportunity to access international shares directly via ...

Industry funds secure stake in QLD airport

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2017
Industry superannuation funds are ensuring their slice of Australia's infrastructure pie, investing in a 99-year lease of the Sunshine Coast Airport via Palisade Investment Partners. Following a competitive tender process comprising 17 domestic and ...

No new monetary policy moves on horizon: AB

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2016
... medium term, if Trump does win and his fiscal easing policy comes to fruition that will provide somewhat of a kicker to US growth, so we might see a near term set back but more medium-term positives. In contrast, if Hilary wins then the markets will ...

Value stocks at inflection point: Perennial

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2016
Perennial Value Management sees Australian equities at an inflection point in terms of favouring value with a host of small to medium-cap companies showing a strong earnings and dividend growth outlook. Perennial managing director John Murray told a ...

Insurance giant appoints Australian underwriter to Asia role

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2016
Chubb, which recently merged with ACE Insurance, has recently promoted its environmental risk underwriter for Australia and New Zealand to a broader Asia role. Oliver McCauley will now be Chubb's environmental risk underwriter for Asia, reporting to ...

HUB24 adds three international managers

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2016
... contrarian value-focused portfolio with a concentrated position in 18-22 international equities. AB's new Concentrated US Growth and Concentrated Global Growth equity managed portfolios will be available on HUB24, with the US portfolio focusing on 15-20 ...

Janet's words stronger than BOJ and ECB bazookas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2016
... US$-supported economic lift could re-ignite speculations of earlier/more Fed hikes, sending the US dollar higher, limiting US growth, prompting Fedspeak of "cautious and gradual" action... Round and round we go, where it ends nobody knows.

Western AM says credit to be positive in 2016

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2016
... fearful of a global recession, but it is Western Asset Management's position that this will not happen," Buchanan said. "US growth is likely to remain positive, albeit slow. China's government has the tools, will and flexibility to navigate a soft landing ...

US growth stable due to resilient consumer-base

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2016
Growth in the US economy will remain stable at 2% due to resilient consumption and parity between labour costs and productivity, according to Principal Global Investors chief global economist Bob Baur. Speaking at the 2016 Financial Standard Chief Economists ...