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Banks face imminent disruption

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 19 SEP 2019
... We think what is going to happen to banks is what happened to the retail sector thanks to Amazon," she said. Wood was in Sydney with Nikko discussing the Nikko AM ARK Global Disruptive Innovation Fund - a thematic fund focussed on companies that are ...

Departures on Aberdeen Standard fixed income team

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2019
... it is actively recruiting for a credit investor. Meanwhile, UK-based investment director Liam O'Donnell will relocate to Sydney this month for some time to provide on-ground support. O'Donnell is a part of ASI's Australian fixed income portfolio management ...

Northern Trust chair defends Woodford loan

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR, KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 17 SEP 2019
... increasing the interest rate to LIBOR +1.5% from the LIBOR + 1.35% it previously charged the fund on drawdowns. On a visit to Sydney last week, O'Grady said Northern Trust did extensive due diligence on Woodford's fund before lending it the money ...

Research Affiliates strengthens Australian presence

KRISTI CHENG  |  TUESDAY, 17 SEP 2019
... strategies. Adam Willis has assumed the newly-created role of senior vice president, client strategies. He will be based in Sydney. Willis joins Research Affiliates from Legal & General Investment Management, where he worked as head of index and multi-asset ...

AXA IM dips toes in Aussie student housing

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2019
AXA Investment Managers' real assets business has made its first move into student accommodation in Australia, acquiring six operational assets in a new venture which plans to invest more in the sector. AXA IM partnered with Allianz Group and manager-operator ...

Wealth manager awards tech mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2019
Pitcher Partners Sydney Wealth Management has enlisted a technology specialist to enhance its operations. Technology and business processing provider Integrated Portfolio Solutions has been selected to provide portfolio administration services to Pitcher ...

Suitability of managed accounts grows

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2019
... Managed Accounts Best Practice Forum have heard. Speaking at Financial Standard 's Managed Accounts Best Practice Forum in Sydney this morning, Netwealth head of managed investment products James Mantella told the crowd of financial advisers that the ...

Beware dodgy auditors, sudden CFO moves: Plato

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2019
... you don't have any your share price goes up on average 12% per annum," managing director Don Hamson said at a briefing in Sydney yesterday "If you've got six or more, it's the other extreme, you go down by about 15%." Hamson explained that a recent example ...

Chief economist update: RBA not risking market disappointment

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2019
... stabilizing house prices. No longer describes housing conditions as soft, instead highlighting further signs of a turnaround in Sydney and Melbourne. Concluding that: "It is reasonable to expect that an extended period of low interest rates will be required ...

Northern Trust hires from State Street

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2019
Northern Trust has poached an experienced transition manager from State Street for its Sydney office as it builds the business locally. Matt Cook has been appointed to lead Northern Trust's transition management offering across Asia Pacific from ...