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Macquarie, CFS top Aussie fund manager list

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2018
Macquarie Group slipped down the ranks of the world's top fund managers, while Colonial First State gained momentum, a Willis Towers Watson compilation shows. Despite increasing its assets under management to US$369 billion, Macquarie Group slid from ...

BlackRock strengthens real assets team

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2018
BlackRock has appointed a Sydney-based managing director to lead its renewable energy investments in Asia Pacific as it eyes new opportunities in the region. Charlie Reid is relocating from London for the role and will be responsible for sourcing, executing ...

Retirement planning gets a recession check

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2018
... Hall says a recession is not the manager's base case. Aberdeen sees a 25% to 30% probability of a recession in US or Europe and is not forecasting a financial market downturn. One of the funds he looks after is the $150 million Multi-Asset Income ...

Chief economist update: Super Mario keeps his cool

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2018
... figures show that Greece accounts for only 1.2% of total EU GDP (as at 2016) while Italy - the fourth biggest economy in Europe - accounts for 11.3%.

AMP divests life business

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2018
... said. "The acquisition of AMP Life is consistent with our strategy to grow the business beyond our traditional markets in Europe and the US and we see scope for further consolidation in the Australian life market." The transaction is expected to complete ...

IFM Investors expands to Switzerland

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2018
... Swiss office shows the institutional fund manager's commitment to what is one of the largest existing investor markets in Europe. "We recognise the importance of the Swiss retirement market and its increasing allocation to non-traditional assets by long-term ...

Chief economist update: Still the lucky country?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2018
Financial markets remain in a state of flux as investors' chills appear to be multiplying on growing concerns over: Wall Street's heightened volatility, Fed rate rises and the risk of a policy mistake, Trump's protectionist policy, China's ...

Cbus invests in UK infrastructure

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2018
... is an owner and operator of eight commercial ports serving as logistical gateways across the UK, connecting the UK with Europe and the rest of the world. Cbus' $4.5 billion infrastructure portfolio has assets are spread across Australia, the UK and ...

Are ETFs really the next smartphones?

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2018
Investment in exchange-traded funds can no longer be "phoned in" especially when the products are viewed as a transcendent technology that will reshape the traditional fund landscape. Using the analogy that smartphones have become less about calling ...

Financial literacy critical to European retirement

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2018
... next on the list. Speaking to a group of international media in London on Wednesday, J.P. Morgan Asset Management head of Europe funds business Massimo Greco said the statistics left a large puzzle for wealth managers as the lack of financial literacy ...