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Pendal Group appoints international business lead

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUL 2019
Pendal Group announced the appointment of a chief executive for its J O Hambro Capital Management (JOHCM) operations in the UK, Europe and Asia. Alexandra Altinger will head up UK, Europe and Asia operations for JOHCM. Altinger was previously chief ...

Adviser association rebrands, grows membership

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2019
The United Financial Advisers Association has re-emerged to grow its membership to 2500 advocating for several reforms in the advice sector. Formerly known as the Life Insurance Customer Group, UFAA recently rebranded and decided to cease lobbying for ...

Beyond the China A shares hype

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2019
As major indices increasingly broaden accessibility to Chinese equities, one emerging markets specialist argues investing in the country goes beyond index inclusion. The landmark move by MSCI last year opened the floodgates to the once-difficult-to-access ...

Tribeca fund cops another departure, downgraded

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2019
Tribeca Investment Partners' $978 million Alpha Plus Fund has seen another departure from its investment team after long-standing portfolio manager Sean Fenton fled the coop earlier this month. Quantitative analyst Peter Moore resigned on April ...

L1 eyes $70m for UK property fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2019
L1 Capital's latest UK residential property fund is expecting to raise between $60 million and $70 million as financial planning groups and rich investors hunt opportunities for attractive yields. The fund is targeting a distribution yield of 6-7%. ...

Boutique fund manager appoints chief executive

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2019
An $11 billion fixed income boutique has appointed a chief executive, as it builds its team. The board of Ardea Investment Management has selected co-founder Stephen Clout as the firm's chief executive. Clout previously headed the portfolio implementation ...

Digital engagement boosts investing demand

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2019
... participants are familiar with robo-advice, but it's the voice-activated smart speakers such as Apple's Siri and Amazon's Alexa that are gaining prominence. Many online investors (45%) believe smart speakers make life easier by simplifying access to ...

Former Macquarie advisers have bans reduced

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2019
Two former Macquarie financial advisers that were banned for 10 years for falsifying client records have had their penalties substantially reduced by the Administrative Appeals Tribunal. Mark Alexander Landau and Marcus Roderick Campbell were banned ...

Industry fund sees boost in additional contributions

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  SUNDAY, 3 FEB 2019
A behavioural finance program offered by a $9.6 billion industry fund has seen a rise in the number of members making additional contributions to their superannuation. The 'Save more later' initiative from Vision Super is based on the concept ...

Chatbots will move from consumer finance to corporate: BAML

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2018
... Boussuge gave an example of such a move with chatbot technologies to banks. "We are seeing that a lot in people's lives, with Alexa and Siri. It's another thing about the younger generation [of bank customers], they just want to ask and an answer comes ...