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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 ...

What do future asset managers look like?

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2018
... To this end, he spoke about the proliferation of underperforming products over capacity in global asset management. In Europe alone there are 4458 domestic equity mutual funds and ETFs, yet there is 3910 companies listed on European exchanges. He also ...

Northern Trust hires chief investment strategist

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2018
... be responsible for designing, implementing and communicating global investment strategy for the firm's investors, across Europe, Middle East Africa (EMEA) and Asia-Pacific region. Sturkenboom will report to Northern Trust's chief investment strategist ...

SSGA strengthens gender equality actions

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018
... gender diversity voting guidelines would begin in Australia, the UK and US in 2020, moving to Canada, Japan and continental Europe in 2021. SSGA said its campaign would extend to voting against board members on a nominating committee if the board had ...

Diversity a material economic indicator: AXA IM

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2018
... indicators and is using diversity data to improve its own earnings forecasts," McDonald added. AXA IM Rosenberg Equities Europe chief investment officer Gideon Smith said new and alternative data sets such as media sentiment - which the firm uses in ...

OPEC is not to blame

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2018
... are unchanged at 1.4 mb/d and 1.5 mb/d, respectively. The pace of growth slowed sharply in 2Q18, caused by weaker OECD Europe and Asia demand. US gasoline demand growth eased due to higher prices." However, the escalation of Trump's trade war that's ...

Chief economist update: Stability is doing it for Japan

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2018
Another new set of tariffs will take effect today in the on-going Sino-US trade battle. Yet most equity markets around the world registered gains last week ahead of its implementation. This is because US-China tariff phase two is less onerous than was ...

AustralianSuper awards international property mandate

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2018
... with TH Real Estate to form a new commercial real estate debt mandate, expanding its investment strategy in the UK and Europe. It follows the super fund awarding an extended office and retail direct property equity mandate to the $160 billion real estate ...

DNR Capital tries small caps on for size

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2018
DNR Capital has diversified its offering with a new small caps fund aimed at investors looking for long-term opportunities. DNR Capital said its new small caps fund - the Australian Emerging Companies Fund - would retain the firm's long-standing investment ...

Natixis consolidates, appoints executives

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2018
Natixis has consolidated its business, appointing executives including a former Aberdeen Standard global head of strategic client solutions. The $1 trillion-plus manager has consolidated expertise from its former portfolio research and consulting group ...