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Chief economist update: BOJ expands Enhancement of Monetary Easing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2020
The Bank of Japan (BOJ) added another monetary policy term to our vocabulary at its March 2020 meeting - Enhancement of Monetary Easing - as it tries to limit the economic fallout from the coronavirus. It had the same label for its expanded policy initiative ...

Global investment firm adds chair

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2020
A global multi-asset manager has appointed an industry veteran as its new chair, the head of its local operations has confirmed. Chair and former co-chief executive of Standard Life Aberdeen Martin Gilbert has been named chair of Toscafund Asset Management. ...

Aberdeen Standard global equities funds downgraded

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2020
International equities funds offered by Aberdeen Standard Investments in the local market have been downgraded to neutral at Morningstar on the back of a style drift. In January ASI announced its head of equities Stephen Docherty would leave the firm ...

US fund manager expands into Australia

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2020
A US-based fund manager has continued its push into Australia with the announcement of a newly created role. GQG Partners announced the appointment of Jane Wang to the newly created role of client service and operations associate. Wang's appointment ...

Chief economist update: Credit ratings downgrades versus fiscal salvation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020
... stabilise while at the same time, stressing that it would implement more stimulative measures if necessary. Looking back the Abe government could be forgiven for its confidence that it could quarantine Japan from the bug that's exponentially infecting ...

Self-isolation to accelerate secular trends

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
The world's new reality will soon be defined by social distancing and self-isolation. And while that might be sad for most of us, some stand to benefit incredibly from the new normal. Speaking with Financial Standard, Antipodes Partners chief investment ...

Low rates support some bond managers: Report

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2020
The fall in interest rates has supported bond managers with a longer duration stance, according to new Morningstar research revealing the performance of fixed income houses during coronavirus-induced volatility. The report said fixed income, particularly ...

Stand still, get left behind

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2020
The world of ESG integration into the investment process has moved ahead so rapidly that industry experts agree those who aren't yet on the bandwagon will likely be left behind. In order to keep up with the times, many firms have introduced proprietary ...

Fee cuts hack at fund manager margins

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2020
Fee cuts are eating into fund managers' operating margins, sending them to post-GFC levels, according to new research from Deloitte unit Casey Quirk. Publically listed managers' operating margins tumbled an average of 5.2% annually over the ...

Florida fraudster swindles investors out of $60 million

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2020
A Florida-based investment adviser scammed at least 30 investors out of $60 million (US$39 million), and put the funds straight into his own pocket. The Securities and Exchange Commission has frozen assets and obtained other emergency relief against ...