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Global investment giant to acquire Investa fund

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 28 MAY 2018
One of the world's biggest private equity managers submitted an all cash proposal to acquire an ASX-listed Investa fund. Blackstone's indicative and non-binding proposal is to acquire the Investa Office Fund (IOF) at a price of $5.25 per unit ...

Chief economist update: Italy and Spain an emerging ECB problem

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 MAY 2018
Geo-politics remain the talk of the financial markets as Trump's rolling circus again came to the fore with his flip-flop-flip over the US-North Korean summit - just a day after Trump cancelled the summit, he declared it back on again. Make what ...

Global banking ethics standard coming to Australia

HARRISON WORLEY  |  SATURDAY, 26 MAY 2018
A financial services industry group is supporting the launch of a new global banking education standard. The Ethics Education and Training for Professional Bankers Standard is the first to be released by the Global Banking Education Standards Board ...

Former Macquarie equities team launches boutique

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2018
Multi-affiliate investment manager Pinnacle Investments officially launched its latest boutique firm with two former Macquarie stock pickers at the helm. Patrick Hodgens, who spent 28 years as Macquarie's head of equities and as an executive director ...

AMP appoints group general counsel

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2018
Following the departure of Brian Salter in April, AMP has promoted internally to appoint its new group general counsel. The role is now filled by David Cullen. He has worked at AMP since 2004, most recently as group company secretary and general counsel ...

Chief economist update: Erdogan's Turkey is cooked

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2018
I'm all for transparency but some discussions or disagreements are better resolved behind closed doors. Not for the limelight/spotlight-hogging president of the US. Donald Trump didn't take to Twitter this time, he penned an open letter to tell ...

Industry fund awards currency mandate

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAY 2018
A $55 billion profit-for-members fund has awarded a $350 million mandate to a global currency manager. Sunsuper awarded the active currency mandate to Record Currency Management, which the fund hopes will generate risk-adjusted returns using the manager's ...

T. Rowe Price appoints head of research

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAY 2018
T. Rowe Price has promoted internally to fill the head of research role that opened up at its Australian equities team when the incumbent Viral Patel left for Fidelity International earlier this month. Ryan Martyn takes on the role after seven years ...

Spaceship looks outside of superannuation

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAY 2018
Spaceship, which at last count managed about $198 million of millennial superannuation, is branching out into investment products with two new launches. The company quietly rolled out two low-fee funds in April under the Spaceship Voyager brand. The ...

Chief economist update: A US dollar story

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2018
The times, they are a-changin'. After reaching a peak of 103.01 on the 23 December 2016, the Bloomberg US dollar index began its long descent before hitting a three-year low of 89.19 in February this year - a 13.4% depreciation. The US dollar has ...