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Boutique fund house founder steps down

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2018
... securities, with funds domiciled in Australia, Europe and the US as well as separate account mandates in New Zealand, South Africa and Switzerland.

Advice firm hires for increasing regulatory environment

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2018
... Chartered Accountants, the association said. She has over 11 years of experience in audit, primarily with Grant Thornton South Africa, working with small companies to large privately owned companies and listed entities, across manufacturing, real estate ...

Macquarie, CFS top Aussie fund manager list

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2018
... - this is particularly evident in Australia, Canada, the Eurozone, Japan and emerging markets such as Brazil and South Africa.

Bravura live on NZ bank

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2018
... business brought in $122.5 million - up 32% over previous year. Bravura won new clients in UK, Australia, NZ and South Africa while investing $30 million in Sonata's development during the financial year - 71% of this was client funded.

Northern Trust hires chief investment strategist

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2018
... 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 Jim McDonald. "With ...

Boutique executes buyout, rebrands

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2018
The executive team at a Melbourne-based global equities manager has bought out the majority stake held by its parent firm. The buyout includes a name change and new board chair. Wingate Group helped set up boutique Wingate Asset Management in 2005. ...

Boutique adds insto distribution lead

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2018
... platform market, our institutional client aspirations can now be further developed." O'Brien is also a director of Oasis Africa, a charity focussed on sustainable education for children in Nairobi, Kenya. The appointment follows that of Dan Powell earlier ...

Chief economist update: Submerging markets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 AUG 2018
Emerging markets had been rallying even before 2017 turned into 2018, outperforming developed markets - 27.8% versus 16.3% - at the end of last year. Those were the days of synchronised growth upswing, given more oomph by Trump's declared corporate ...

T. Rowe Price names new APAC distribution head

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2018
... in the role on 1 January 2019. Trueman replaces Keller who was recently named head of GIMS for Europe, Middle East and Africa. Trueman has been with T. Rowe Price for 11 years, having previously held roles with AXA Rosenberg Investment Management and ...

Chief economist update: Emerging markets feel the heat as Turkey burns

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2018
Emerging markets continue to feel the heat from Turkey's roasting and so do several European countries. The European Central Bank (ECB) can only count its blessings that Turkey is not Greece. It has applied, but Turkey is not (yet) a member of the ...